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They did that to me in the American League one year. I coulda hit .600 that year slicing singles to left. [Interviewer asks why he didn't do so.] That's not what the fans came out to see.

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Yes, he's a prick, but he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit!

If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around six hundred!

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