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I Got Cast Playing The Best Baseball Player Anybody's Ever Seen. I Don't Know How To Play Any Sport, Including Baseball, But I Trained Really Hard. They Had These Great Coaches, And They Started Saying, "wow, You Have Some Like Really Untapped Athletic Ability."

-Geena Davis

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I Got Cast Playing The Best Baseball

Geena Davis

I Got Cast Playing The Best Baseball Player Anybody's Ever Seen. I Don't Know How To Play Any Sport, Including Baseball, But I Trained Really Hard. They Had These Great Coaches, And They Started Saying, "wow, You Have Some Like Really Untapped Athletic Ability."

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