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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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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Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
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When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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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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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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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
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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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To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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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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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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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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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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