"Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would not match Mantle's."

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Source : Bill James (1988). “The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract”, Random House Incorporated

Bill James

#Baseball Quotes #Running Quotes #Defense Quotes

“Some things were made to be felt”

Source : Ryan Adams (2009). “Infinity Blues”, p.227, Akashic Books
“Is Anna Nicole Smith still dead?”

Source : "Smith's messy death eclipses her wacky life", www.today.com. February 23, 2007.
“One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.”
“Plato compared the intellect to a charioteer guiding the powerful horses of the passions, i.e., he gave it both the power of perception and the power of control.”
“His was not the hatred that arises suddenly like a storm and as suddenly abates. It was, once the initial shock of anger and pain was over, a calculated thing that grew in a bloodless way.”

Source : Mervyn Peake (1995). “The Gormenghast Novels”, Overlook Books
“Running is never fun. Running is something that you do when there's a man chasing you with a knife.”
“Ha!' said the tall man drily. 'He was in high luck. Rich old uncles who die are in shockingly short supply.”
“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”

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