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"'Twas Game Six of the Series when out of the sky, Flew Sergio's parachute, a Met banner held high. His goal was to spur our home team to success, Burst Beantown's balloon claiming Sox were the best."
Phyllis Orlikoff Flug

"I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today."
Gerald R. Ford

"I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators."
Gerald R. Ford

"I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down."
Robert Frost

"I went through baseball as "a player to be named later.""
Joe Garagiola

"One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth."
Joe Garagiola

"Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out."
Joe Garagiola

"Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast."
Joe Garagiola

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Steve Garvey

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone."
A. Bartlett Giamatti