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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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Willie Stargell
Age: 71 †
Born: 1940
Born: March 6
Died: 2011
Died: December 17
Baseball Player
Earlsboro
Oklahoma
Wilver Dornell Stargell
Wilver Stargell
Street
Mailbox
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Mailboxes
Streets
Hiccups
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Butterfly
Strike
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Strikes
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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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I love September, especially when we're in it.
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I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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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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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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Life is one big transition.
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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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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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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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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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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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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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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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