Baseball Quote by L. Jon Wertheim

“As the late baseball manager Sparky Anderson put it: “Losing hurts twice as bad as winning feels good.” quote by L. Jon Wertheim — Download Open image

““As the late baseball manager Sparky Anderson put it: “Losing hurts twice as bad as winning feels good.””

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