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A full mind is an empty bat.

Branch Rickey

Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.
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Design Effort Good Luck
Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.
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Devil Handmaiden Leisure
Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run.
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Baseball Men Running
It (a baseball box score) doesn’t tell how big you are, what church you attend, what color you are, or how your father voted in the last election. It just tells what kind of baseball player you were on that particular day.
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Baseball Father Player
If things don’t come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.
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Effort Joy Zest
We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.
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Baseball Player Winning
Problems are the price you pay for progress.
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Adversity Progress Survival
Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.
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Devil Thinking Vision
The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.
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Anymore Balls Men Simple
Don’t look at the hole in the doughnut. Look at the whole doughnut.
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Doughnut Holes Looks
A full mind is an empty bat.
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Baseball Bats Mind
Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it’s a deal.
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Baseball Boys Want
The only thing Abner Doubleday ever started was the Civil War.
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Civil War War
Don’t worry about your individual numbers. Worry about the team. If the team is successful, each of you will be successful, too.
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Baseball Motivational Team
A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.
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Chance Great Player Take
Negligence or indifference are usually reviewed from an unlucky seat. The law of cause and effect and causality both work the same with inexorable exactitudes. Luck is the residue of design.
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Design Indifference Negligence Review Usually

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