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Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn’t. My number was up.

Joe DiMaggio

All pitchers are born pitchers.
JOE DIMAGGIO

All Born Pitch Pitcher
When you have five or six potential hall of famers on your team … that’s when you win penants and championships. The only thing you have to be concerned about is getting the ballplayers to bed on time.
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Championship Famer Five Pennant Potential Six Team Win
You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to ‘Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,’ then your body says, ‘Who me?’
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Ball Bend Body Chase Command Enfiled Forward Immediately Peg Run Scoop Start
If I were sitting down with George Steinbrenner (to discuss a salary) and based on what Dave Winfield got for his statistics, I’d have to say, ‘George, you and I are about to become partners.’
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Based Country Dave Discuss Down People Person Salary Statistic Winfield Writing
At my age, I’m just happy to be named the greatest living anything.
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Age Anything Greatest Happy Just Living My Name
The test of an outfielder’s skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.
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Against Catch Come Fence Outfielder Skill Test
The phrase ‘off with the crack of the bat’, while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.
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Bat Before Crack Long Meaningless Motion Outfielder Phrase Romantic Since Totally
You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.
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Always Day Get Go How Kick Many Matter No Open Special Through
Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn’t. My number was up.
JOE DIMAGGIO

Apologize Cab Driver Guy Later Over Serious Thirty Years
In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
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Ballplayer Case Country People Person Underpaid Very
A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That’s why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.
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Ball Big Boy Ever Family Hungry Kept League Made Player Rich
I thought he had been shot.
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Been Had Shot Thought
The absolute worst thing a person can say about your pictures is, ‘”That’s nice.” It’s the kiss of death.
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Absolute Death Kiss Nice Person Picture Say Thing Worst
I’m a ballplayer, not an actor.
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Actor Ballplayer
Now I’ve had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.
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Accept Country Everything People Person Play Thrill Watch
I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates. I had a poor year, but even if I had hit .350, this would have been my last year. I was full of aches an pains and it had become a chore for me to play. When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.
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Club Feel Like Longer Manager Produce Reach Stage Teammate

Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn’t. My number was up.

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Now this is over thirty years later and the guy said he was that cab driver. He apologized and he was serious. I felt awful. He might have been spending his whole life thinking he had jinxed me, but I told him he hadn’t. My number was up.

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