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Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest m

Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection. – Red Smith

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The Russians have a weapon that can wipe out two hundred eighty thousand Americans. That puts them exactly ten years behind Howard Cosell. – Red Smith

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