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“I'm very pleased and very proud of my accomplishments, but I'm most proud of that (hitting four-hundred home runs and three-thousand hits). Not (Ted) Williams, not (Lou) Gehrig, not (Joe) DiMaggio did that. They were Cadillacs and I'm a Chevrolet.”

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Carl Yastrzemski

Carl Yastrzemski, born on August 22, 1939, is an American professional baseball player known for his exceptional skills and long career as an outfielder in Major League Baseball. more

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