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“The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.” quote by Ty Cobb — Download Open image

“The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.”

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Every man in the game, from the minors on up, is not only fighting against the other side, but he's trying to hold onto…

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I'm coming down on the next pitch, Krauthead.

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I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the…

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The crowd makes the ballgame.

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Most collisions out on the fields are needless.

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I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.

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To get along with me, don't increase my tension.

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