NOTES & QUOTES
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George Steinbrenner, after he acquired the Yankees in 1973: “We’re not baseball people. I’m in the shipping business. I’m going to be an absentee owner.”
Dodger catcher Mike Scioscia on former teammate Bob Welch, now with Oakland: “He can move his fastball in and out better than anyone I’ve ever caught. And that includes Valenzuela, Hershiser and Sutton.”
Ken O’Brien of the New York Jets was sacked 50 times in the 1989 NFL season, the most in the league.
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