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Philadelphia now has only two attractions left: the Liberty Bell and myself.

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Circa late spring 1918, upon learning that teammates Joe Bush, Wally Schang, Amos Strunk and Stuffy McInnis had all been dealt to Boston by Connie Mack; as quoted in "Yankees Get Bodie from Connie Mack," Long Branch Daily Record (March 8, 1918), p. 7

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