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[I] Played a little softball, but there was nowhere on the field it was safe for me to be.
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 knew how to read box scores and who the baseball heroes were before I had ever seen or even heard much of a game.
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I don't believe in the afterlife.
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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.
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