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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 was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
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