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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
Willie Stargell
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Willie Stargell
Age: 71 †
Born: 1940
Born: March 6
Died: 2011
Died: December 17
Baseball Player
Earlsboro
Oklahoma
Wilver Dornell Stargell
Wilver Stargell
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Smile
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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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