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Baseball may be a religion
full of magic cosmic truth...
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in the fundamental ontological
riddles of our time...
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but it's also a job.
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Come on, Meat.
Throw me that weak-ass shit.
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You ain't gettin'
that cheese by me.
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Bring it.
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When Crash hit his 2 4 7th home run,
l knew the moment it happened.
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But l'm sure nobody else did.
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And The Sporting News
didn't say anything about it.
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"Full many a flower is born
to blush unseen.
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And waste its sweetness
on the desert air. "
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Thomas Gray.
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Or William Cullen Bryant.
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l don't know.
l get 'em mixed up.
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Anyway, my attempts at housekeeping
were feeble as usual.
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l sometimes
get easily distracted.
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Funny thing was
l stopped worrying about Nuke.
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Somehow l knew
nothing would stop him.
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The world is made for people
who aren't cursed with self-awareness.
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Crash was right--
Nuke had a gift.
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l'm just happy to be here,
and l hope l can help the ball club.
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You know, l just wanna
give it my best shot...
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and good Lord willing,
things will work out.
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You gotta play them
one day at a time, though.
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Raye Anne, right?
That's a beautiful name.
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ls that Greek?
lt's a beautiful name.
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There's a great song by Motley Crue.
Do you know it?
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"Raye Anne, she's a stay in."
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Anyway, a good friend of mine
used to say...
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"This is a very simple game.
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You throw the ball, you catch
the ball, you hit the ball.
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Sometimes you win,
sometimes you lose.
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Sometimes it rains."
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Think about that for a while.