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“I had dreamed about being a college coach for a long time, but with no education, I never thought I would get a chance.”

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Luis Tiant

Luis Tiant, born on November 23, 1940, is a renowned baseball player known for his exceptional pitching skills and outstanding performance throughout his career. more

“Normal relations, never. We should never forget what has happened to the people in Cuba for forty years. All baseball cares about is getting players out of Cuba. It doesn't care about the suffering, just money. The Orioles shouldn't have gone to Cuba. This is a free county, but that's the way I feel.”

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Author:Luis Tiant

“I thought about going to NYU film school - that was this ideal to me. But I didn't make any kind of grades in high school.”

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“If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters.”

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“It's a bottom line business where a lot of gray suits are brought in and then, within two years, these guys suddenly know everything about baseball.”

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“Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look so tough when they have to deliver the ball. Their abilities and their attitudes don't back up their beards.”

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“When the ball is over the middle of the plate, the batter is hitting it with the sweet part of the bat. When it's inside, he's hitting it with the part of the bat from the handle to the trademark. When it's outside, he's hitting it with the end of the bat. You've got to keep the ball away from the sweet part of the bat. To do that, the pitcher has to move the hitter off the plate.”

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Author:Don Drysdale

“I just reared back and let them go.”

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Author:Bob Feller

“When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good day. But if I picked it up and it's big and heavy, I know I'm liable to get into a little trouble.”

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Author:Bob Feller

“When you make a bad pitch and the hitter puts it out of the park and you cost your team the game, it's a real test of your maturity to be able to stand in front of your locker fifteen minutes later and admit it to the world. How many people in other professions would be willing to have their job performances evaluated that way, in front of millions, every afternoon at five o'clock.”

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Author:Bob Feller

“You figure they cheat at the ballpark, they'll cheat on the golf course, they'll cheat in business, and anything else in life. Players may laugh about it and say it's funny, but right down in their heart, they don't think it's funny at all, and they have no respect for a person who cheats.”

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Author:Bob Feller

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