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Yeah you struck out a lot but when you connected it was majestic and I've never before or since seen anyone lay out for a ball like you

You looked like a biker or one of the plant workers so familiar in my hometown or like any other guy on my dad's union league softball team in that powder blue

While I was too young for your '79 masterpiece (though I later memorized all the stats) I followed every at-bat when you tied for the crown with Reggie in '82

I came home from school one afternoon and they told me you'd been traded to Cleveland and I cried and to this day I resent the two nobodies they got in return and I still don't understand what exactly they were trying to do

All's well that ends well because after a few years they came to their senses and brought you home and I was there at "Gorman Night" when you made your triumphant return to County Stadium and to our Brew Crew

June 9, 2017

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Date: 6/11/2017 12:50:00 AM
nice little tribute to him.. we all have our heroes and those who we tried to emulate when we played... personally mine were Pete Rose and Lenny Dykstra.. If you ant gonna give it all dont bother stepping on the filed. Nice Write Andrew...
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Date: 6/10/2017 1:43:00 AM
Very very nice ink never stop
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