Tyler Kepner
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“Jones learned his changeup, or at least observed its grip for the first time, from a future fictional closer. Willie Mueller pitched briefly for the Brewers in 1978 and 1981 but is best known for a role in Major League as Duke Simpson, the menacing Yankees reliever. Bob Uecker, playing broadcaster Harry Doyle, noted that Duke was so mean, he threw at his own kid in a father-son game.”
― K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches
― K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches
“It’s so easy for people that aren’t there to say, ‘I wouldn’t have done that,’ ” Francona says. “Well, you know what? You didn’t earn the right to make that decision. He did.”
― The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series
― The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series
“We go through that grind—spring training, 162 games, playoffs, World Series—and you’re close to those people. I think about them a lot, and every time I look at that ring, I see them.”
― The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series
― The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series
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