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The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved.

W. P. Kinsella

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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
Bats
Crack
Cracks
Infield
Baseball
Thumping
Bird
Birdsong
Sound
Starved
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Chatter
Gloves

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