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Hotter 'n Hell, Ain't It, Prez?

The Curve And The Fast One Are Important; The Change Of Pace And The Other Trick Deliveries Are Great But They're Not Worth A Plugged Nickel Unless You Have Control To Go Along With Them. And By Control I Don't Mean The Ability To Put The Ball Over The Plate Somewhere Between The Shoulders And Knees. I Mean The Ability To Hit A Three-inch Target Nine Times Out Of Ten, The Sort Of Control That Lets You Put The Ball In The Exact Spot You Want It, And To Play A Corner To The Split Fraction Of An Inch.

A Man Ought To Get All He Can Earn. A Man Who Knows He's Making Money For Other People Ought To Get Some Of The Profit He Brings In. Don't Make Any Difference If It's Baseball Or A Bank Or A Vaudeville Show. It's Business, I Tell You. There Ain't No Sentiment To It. Forget That Stuff.

What I Am, What I Have, What I Am Going To Leave Behind Me - All This I Owe To The Game Of Baseball.

I Hit An Inside-the-park Home Run! I Beat It Out! Can You Believe That?