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“Free agency changed the baseball landscape in many ways. It created more opportunities for players, but it also meant increasingly fewer players would spend an entire career playing for one franchise—and that’s especially true for players capable of becoming “legends,” the ones in such demand on…” quote by Tucker Elliot — Download Open image

““Free agency changed the baseball landscape in many ways. It created more opportunities for players, but it also meant increasingly fewer players would spend an entire career playing for one franchise—and that’s especially true for players capable of becoming “legends,” the ones in such demand on the free agent market.””

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“It took only three years for Jonathan Papelbon to surpass Bill Campbell, Lee Smith, Tom Gordon, Sparky Lyle, Derek Lowe, Jeff Reardon, Ellis Kinder, and Dick Radatz as he climbed the franchise leader board into second place all-time for saves. Papelbon closed out 2008 with 113 career saves—and on July 1, 2009, with his 20th save of the season he…

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

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“In Korea I’d been so afraid that Sami would lose her dad. She did, but she didn’t get a flag. He went to Doha, then to Baghdad, then to Kabul, then to someplace else, and then to a different someplace else, on and on. He’d come home, leave again, come home, leave again, until one day he came home a…

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

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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, there once was a pitcher named Bock Baker who actually got two opportunities to pitch in the big leagues. He took the mound for Cleveland against the Chicago White Sox in his big league debut. How did he…

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“The sun appeared between the twin spires of the cathedral as its light reflected off the crescent and star that rose out of the dome on top of the mosque. It was beautiful, and surreal. In one instant, the bells rang out from the cathedral and if I closed my eyes then I could easily imagine that I was back…

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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 came under…

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“It was like the baseball gods were showing off just for him, in honor of his first day of big league baseball. And surely the baseball gods were smiling that day, because the next batter was Larry Brown, and he was a scrawny, scrappy 23-year-old kid who’d never hit a big league home run. And yet he stepped to the…

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“The look of a smug teacher is priceless.”

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“I have this thought, it’s horrible, and it makes me sick, but it’s true: one day these students will grow up and have their…

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“There are many ways to measure a manager’s success and contributions to a franchise ... but in this case the two numbers that illustrate…

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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, there once was a pitcher named Bock Baker who actually got two opportunities to pitch in the big leagues. He took the mound for Cleveland against the Chicago White Sox in his big league debut. How did he…

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“It ain't braggin if you can back it up...”

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“God takes care of drunks and third basemen”

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“I call 'em as I see 'em”

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“Real ballplayers pass the stuffing by rolling it up in a ball and batting it across the table with a turkey leg.”

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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 three years managed to do so without a winning record. The Indians have made strides in many areas the last three years and the shifts and changes amongst the coaching staff resulted in a highly respected group that…

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“Four out of five doctors prescribe baseball for whatever ails you. The fifth guy is a quack.”

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“The best word to describe Albert Belle during the mid-1990s is “prolific.” The man could flat hit.”

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“The questions came...hurling at him...like the balls from a baseball pitching machine...just one after the other without a care or concern of where they…

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“Baseball is known for superstitious players and cursed teams—and at the root of every curse there’s a story. Boston’s curse was to trade Babe Ruth to the Yankees. Cubs fans claim a billy goat is responsible for their futility. And Cleveland’s curse? The club struggled after its Pennant-winning 1954 season, but it was rich with optimism just two years later…

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