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Baseball is meant to be a contemplative game. They play music to draw young people to the game. If young people can't come to the game without music, then they should stay home.
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
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Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
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Have never been a minor league fan.
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I lost my wife Barbara to cancer few years ago. I would give whatever time I have left to spend one more day with her.
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Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.
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I'm a big fan of curling, follow all the major world events. Watch all four Tennis majors.
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Read! Read! Read! And then read some more. When you find something that thrills you, take it apart paragraph by paragraph, line by line, word by word, to see what made it so wonderful. Then use those tricks next time you write.
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I don't believe in the afterlife.
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Yogi Berra, Bill Lee, they were irreverent, poked fun at the stodgy owners and managers.
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