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Branch Rickey Quotes

1881–1965 United States

Wesley Branch Rickey (December 15, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was actively involved in Major League Baseball for 50 years. During his career in baseball, he developed the farm system.

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"Luck is the residue of design."

Baseball people are generally allergic to new ideas; it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms, and it is the hardest thing in the world to get Major League Baseball to change anything—even spikes on a new pair of shoes—but they will eventually...they are bound to.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Branch Rickey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.