Tucker Elliot

“A son for a flag is a lot of sacrifice.”

— Tucker Elliot

“The look of a smug teacher is priceless.”

— Tucker Elliot

“This is who I was, before I was dead. When I cared, when I was relentless.”

— Tucker Elliot

“The meeting began well, meaning it had the potential for being short.”

— Tucker Elliot

“For your own security it’s imperative you blend in with the native population.”

— Tucker Elliot

“I felt like I should salute. If only I knew how.”

— Tucker Elliot

“If I can be perfectly blunt, his humanities teacher was an ass.”

— Tucker Elliot

“...the Big Red Machine was exactly that—a freaking machine.”

— Tucker Elliot

“In total this journey will take five flights and fifty-five hours, but in reality it began four decades and two generations ago…

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“... there’s almost nothing worse than spending an entire day anticipating watching a Yankees vs. Red Sox game, only to have the…

— Tucker Elliot

“It took exactly one month of regular season play for fans to accept Sparky [Anderson]—posting a 16-6 record out of the gate…

— Tucker Elliot

“Sometimes are feats aren’t so fabulous, they’re just dubious—but either way, they’re fun to talk about.”

— Tucker Elliot

“Baseball really is a glorified game of throw and catch. And if you don’t have guys who throw it really well, you…

— Tucker Elliot

“Sparky Anderson wasn’t just my favorite manager … he was my mom’s favorite manager.”

— Tucker Elliot

“America isn’t perfect but there’s not a better place in the world for people of any faith.”

— Tucker Elliot

“Some people have a heart to do evil and they don’t care if you’re Muslim or Christian.”

— Tucker Elliot

“Ted Williams hit 17 career grand slams. He is the toughest batter to get out in major league history. It was never…

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“Skip Caray was my favorite announcer as I grew up listening to the Braves on TBS and on the radio. One night,…

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“The Indians franchise is more than a century old. It’s been called the Blues, the Bronchos, and the Naps. It’s also been…

— Tucker Elliot

“We all lose people. We all have to live in the aftermath. It’s how we move forward that counts, but sometimes we…

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“My dad once told me that his biggest challenge after returning from Vietnam had been coming to terms with his own callousness.…

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“It felt like we were reliving the first day of the school year, when students and teachers do the get-to-know-you dance—teachers tell…

— Tucker Elliot

“I’d see the arrow. I’d think about attitude and perception. Maybe the green arrow on the ceiling is to Muslims as the…

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“October 1976 was the penultimate performance of Bench’s Hall of Fame career. All the early success and awards and accolades thrown in…

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“DPRK translates to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea—and if the words Democratic and Republic sound like a good thing, well, it’s oxymoronic…

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“Joe Sewell is the toughest strikeout in baseball history. In 14 seasons he struck out only 114 times—he never struck out three…

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“Always Sami. I was tethered to her somehow. To that scared little girl I’d found on the staircase nearly a year earlier;…

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“When I was a kid, my parents were very careful about who was “acceptable” as my heroes if you will, because they…

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“After being maligned for his lack of offense for much of his career, [César] Gerónimo batted .280 with two home runs, a…

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“It was too late to pray, though. The sky was clear. The helicopters were gone. Too late for so many things. My…

— Tucker Elliot

“We obviously don’t live in a perfect world. If we did, then my dad would never have volunteered for Vietnam so he…

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“He [Ted Williams] was only a 23-year-old kid when he batted .406 in 1941, but then the season ended and our country…

— Tucker Elliot

“There was a time we laughed at the old guys up on the hill. The ones who graduated a couple of years…

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“Only 12 managers have lasted more than three years with the Indians, and only three of those who did last longer than…

— Tucker Elliot

“On the TV and in the newspapers all we hear and read is 'live your life or the terrorists win' and it…

— Tucker Elliot

“Vic Wertz once hit a ball rather famously that was later described as such: 'It would have been a home run in…

— Tucker Elliot

“Service members will only stay on active duty if they can provide for their families—and DOD schools provide a world-class education that…

— Tucker Elliot

“It’s Curt Schilling and his bloody sock staring down the Yankees in the Bronx. It’s Derek Lowe taking the mound the very…

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“Indira was surrounded by people who had given up hope, who blamed their own misery on the influence of Christianity and western…

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“Most of us would give anything for the chance to play just one day of MLB baseball—especially for our favorite team. Well,…

— Tucker Elliot