Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.
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We have met with so overwhelming an affliction in the death of our beloved Willie, a being too precious for this earth. All that human skill could do, was done for our sainted boy. I fully believe the severe illness [scarlet fever], he passed through, now, almost two years since, was but a warning to us, that one so pure, was not to remain long here and at the same time, he was lent us a little longer to try us and wean us from a world whose chains were fastening around us; and when the blow came it found us so unprepared to meet it. …He has fulfilled his mission and we are left desolate. When I think over his short but happy childhood, how much comfort, he always was to me, and how fearfully I always found my hopes concentrating on so good a boy as he was - when I can bring myself to realize that he has indeed passed away, my question to myself is, ‘ can life be endured?
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The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.
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My mother, Southern to the bone, once told me, All Southern literature can be summed up in these words: 'On the night the hogs ate Willie, Mama died when she heard what Daddy did to sister
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There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I've had a lot of those. I've been broke before, and will be again. Heartbroke That's serious. Lose a few bucks. That's not.
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Willie couldn't steal a vote from Abe Lincoln in the cradle of the Confederacy.
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Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger.
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I felt that it was the right decision to allow Willie into the University of Miami. I feel even more strongly about that now.
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Thomas is racing for it, but McCovey is there and can't get his glove to it. That play shows the inexperience, not on Thomas' part, but on the part of Willie McC ... well, not on McCovey's part either.
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Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now.
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Anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself.
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My wife actually got worried about my drinking so much regular milk, you know, so she got me into rice milk and now soy milk, which I greatly enjoy. A soy mocha's a fine thing.
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I keep my eyes clear and I hit 'em where they ain't.
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There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.
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In the Buffalo game, Willie had one long run,
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In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100 percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.
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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
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All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?
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Willie may be the most critical Brown we've added in the last five days. He has leadership presence and professionalism. He brings a tremendous amount of credibility to our team.
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This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient.
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Vision without a task is only a dream. A task without a vision is but drudgery. But vision with a task is a dream fulfilled.
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To win in this country these days you have got to campaign down to a thirteen year-old's level of mental development .
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We've seen how he cares about people, and he's had adversity in his life. Willie cares.
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'It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.'
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It is a rather pleasant experience to be alone in a bank at night.
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Look at the trees now, aren't they bare? But you let a certain day come for spring and they'll come out. They won't be the same leaves that wa...
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God continues to work miracles in my life.
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A woman's heart is like a campfire; if you don't tend it often the flame will go out.
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