| Top Ten Reasons Why I Love Baseball
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| | 7 I love all of the statistics.
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| 1 The Ultimate Challenge
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| | Did you ever see so many stats? Runs,
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| Hitting a round ball with a round bat.
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| | RBIs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs,
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| The feeling I would get when I hit the
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| | stolen bases etc..... Comparing eras, or
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| ball. Just think of a baby that is crying
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| | comparing players. Duos like Babe Ruth
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| for food. When that baby gets her bottle
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| | and Lou Gehrig - how do they stack up
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| the first thing you hear is that ahhhhh
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| | against other twosomes. Who had the
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| sound. Oh that ah. When I hit a ball
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| | highest batting average in a three or
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| perfectly I would have that ahhhhh.
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| | four or five year stint? So many
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| 2 I call it Contentment at a high level.
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| | statistics to choose form. It is endless.
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| I played all the time when I was a kid.
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| Some of my favorite memories were from
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| | 8 A place to excel
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| the diamond. When I hit two home runs in
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| | I loved taking a hit away from the
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| one game off the star pitcher form our
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| | batter. I felt great stealing a base. Why
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| High School team. I rounded the bases in
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| | is it that stealing is bad except in
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| full view of our High School coach. I was
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| | baseball? My satisfaction was heightened
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| glowing. When I hit a game ending home
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| | by a solid hit. This was the best. Ahhhh.
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| run off Jay Klein.
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| | I especially felt great rounding the
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| He thought I could only hit singles.
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| | bases after hitting a homer. I think I
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| Rounding the bases of redemption was a
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| | know how Babe Ruth felt when he whacked
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| another special moment for me. When I
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| | one.
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| broke up two no hitters from the star,
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| | 9 My favorite team is the Yankees. Of all
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| city league pitcher. I felt like I had
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| | the teams I root for in all the
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| made the grade, and that was awesome.
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| | professional sports I watch the Yankees
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| 3 Easy watching
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| | are the only team that wins on a fairly
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| I can sit in my favorite chair and root
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| | regular basis. All my other teams usually
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| for Derek Jeter to hit one up the gap.
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| | lose. It feels good when my team wins.
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| Holding my breath with every pitch
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| | 10 I love the stories.
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| delivered to him. Or, I can sit and read
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| | Like the story Mickey Mantle tells of the
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| the paper and view the events of the game
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| | time when he first joined the Yankees.
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| through the corner of my eye. Either way
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| | He was not hitting well. His confidence
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| is ok with me.
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| | was dwindling. After days of desperation
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| 4 I am amazed by what Babe Ruth and Lou
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| | he called his father when he was playing
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| Gehrig accomplished in their careers. I
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| | near Oklahoma. Mickey Mantle was hoping
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| look at old film footage, or read about
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| | his father would give him a pep talk. But
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| either The Babe or Larripin Lou and
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| | when Muck Mantle got to the hotel room
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| always feel awed by the big numbers they
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| | where Mickey and the New York Yankees
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| both put on the board. From home runs to
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| | were staying. Muck did not give his son a
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| RBIs to batting average to runs scored,
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| | pep talk. He did the opposite. Mickey's
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| Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig achieved over
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| | father told Mickey that he was there to
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| and over again.
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| | pick up his son and bring him home.
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| 5 Double my pleasure.
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| | Mickey's father said that he did not know
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| I could play baseball and get a tan at
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| | he raised a quitter. Mickey Mantle got
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| the same time.
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| | the message. He started to hit after his
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| | father left. He attributes that meeting
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| 6 My sons played and my daughter still
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| | with his father as a turning point in his
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| plays. I have had the pleasure of sharing
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| | career. I have heard Mickey Mantle tell
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| joyous moments with my children. Times
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| | that story a few times on tape or live.
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| that I will not forget. Like when my
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| | Whenever I hear him tell it I am moved by
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| daughter got the game winning hit against
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| | Mickey's love and affection for his
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| Fair Lawn High School last year. We won
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| | father.
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| 1-0. I was jumping up and down. I was so
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| excited. I was so happy she delivered.
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| | 11 It is just the greatest game.
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