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Baseball

ProfessorGAC

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8. Beat Me To It

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #7)

Sun Nov 26, 2023, 08:33 AM

Nov 2023

Plus, the ball had to be hit by a guy so important to his team that he felt free to ignore the 3rd base coach's stop sign.
Many good players would have stopped because the coach said so, but few had Clemente's grit.
So, we need the circumstances you laid out & the right guy at the right time.

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