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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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
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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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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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