Alvin Dark Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

10 Famous Quotes by Alvin Dark
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“Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.”
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“In this game of baseball, you live by the sword and die by it. You hit and get hit. Remember that.”
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“There are surprisingly few real students of the game in baseball; partly because everybody, my eighty-three year old grandmother included, thinks they learned all there was to know about it at puberty. Baseball is very beguiling that way.”
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“Friendships are forgotten when the game begins.”
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“Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a communist.”
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“A manager doesn't hear the cheers.”
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“[Quotable:] My first year in the big leagues was 1948, and the way we won the pennant, how easy it was, I thought, 'Man, we are going to play in the World Series every year.' I never realized until later how tough it was and what a big thing it is to win the pennant and get to the World Series. I found out in a hurry. When we lost to Cleveland and their great pitching staff, that's when I knew how really tough it is. ... Tales from the Tribe Dugout”
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“There'll be a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry hits a home run.”
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“The writers want to know were you made your mistake, no how well your curve is breaking.”
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“A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen.”
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