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Quote by Robert Benchley
One of the chief duties of the fan is to engage in arguments with

One of the chief duties of the fan is to engage in arguments with the man behind him. This department of the game has been allowed to run down fearfully. – Robert Benchley

Other quotes by Robert Benchley

England and America should scrap cricket and baseball and come up with a new game that they both can play. Like baseball, for example. – Robert Benchley

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Baseball
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Robert Benchley
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There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who dont. – Robert Benchley

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Pro-rated at 500 at-bats a year that means that for two years out of the fourteen I played, I never even touched the ball. – Norm Cash, on his 1,081 strikeouts

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To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback. – Steve Hovley, 1969

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My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me everyday after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad. – Mickey Mantle

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Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. – Author Unknown

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