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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

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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
Baseball
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Sandy
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Forks
Coffee

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I've always been a slave to my heart.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
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I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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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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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.
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I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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