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After the strike, I lost interest. In reality, neither players nor owners care in the least about the fans. The greed of both factions has destroyed baseball's credibility, at least for the present.
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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Perhaps crossing the barriers of time has freed me.
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