"If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400."

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"If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400."

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"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."

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"I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400."