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I knew how to read box scores and who the baseball heroes were before I had ever seen or even heard much of a game.
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
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