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To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
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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I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.
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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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Pittsburgh isn't fancy, but it is real. It's a working town and money doesn't come easy. I feel as much a part of this city as the cobblestone streets and the steel mills, people in this town expect an honest day's work, and I've it to them for a long, long time.
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People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.
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Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.
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There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
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They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
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