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I became exclusively an American League fan when they instituted the DH rule, and will remain so until the National League moves out of the dark ages.
W. P. Kinsella
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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
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William Patrick Kinsella
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My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio.
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[I had ] uneventful, though isolated childhood. Good, kind, stable parents.
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In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.
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Growing up is a ritual, more deadly than religion, more complicated than baseball, for there seem to be no rules. Everything is experienced for the first time.
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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 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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Until Color TV came along, BW TV was too muddy to be enjoyable.
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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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