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Ford Frick

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Ford Christopher Frick was an American sportswriter and baseball executive.

Quick Facts About Ford Frick

Notable works: Games, Asterisks, and People: Memoirs of a Lucky Fan.

About Ford Frick

Ford Christopher Frick was an American sportswriter and baseball executive. After working as a teacher and as a sportswriter for the New York American, he served as public relations director of the National League (NL) and then as the league's president from 1934 to 1951. He was the third commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1951 to 1965.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Ford Frick

Avoid sarcasm. Don't insist on the last word.

Last words

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Baseball has always been slow to accept change. Only through dire pressure can any radical change be accomplished. The move of the…

Abundance

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Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound.

Anger

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I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.

Hate

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Keep all your personalities out of your work. Forget and forgive.

Forget

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Hear only the things you should hear - be deaf to others.

Deaf

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Keep your eye on the ball.

Balls

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Never charge a player and, above all, no pointing your finger or yelling.

Fingers

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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

All time

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Baseball is probably the world's best documented sport.

Baseball

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I don’t care if half the league strikes. Those who do will encounter quick retribution. All will be suspended, and I don’t…

America

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I cannot but feel that the one man, above all others, who deserves the eternal thanks of his own race, and all…

Baseball

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Review your work. You will find, if you are honest, that 90% of the trouble is traceable to loafing.

Honest

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