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Argument Argumenttoll tcl1 toll "m m " you someth ng one o"eland oeland oJ of ! 6 , 6eveland weIand eveland " veterans saJd- saJd said saJdOld said * - Old Oldare Oldare Old"e Olde are " thetne theI always talking talkmg about the I ! the stars who once made the thees thees ' morelc morefie moreIC es " They talk about a more moreI fie IC earoe game I id d like to see theev thee see11 seef f these mese old t mers handle the I ev e , h " t at you today-mfield today mfield today-infield infield today - infield orCame or or'tame 'tame tame ' Castadern fastadem callie Came today is twice as Cast fast fast"re fastre " adern adem " " ball likeIliot likeshot comes at you like likeo Iliot shot : o tto many times You can t & tV to lase lose a splIt second The TheII II 4 * 'me me true ' V hereVes whereees In the outfieldhere outfield where \\here here \ Cnt whereCnt ItPtth ItQch Ituch Ves ees Qch uch CBmc Come WhistlIng " " " " "ie ie " by It tothe letter better start ng speed spced to the matt new Caster faster ball no mat- mat - - t * Thoseers Thoseits Position osltioD yon you play Those ers its " were lucky when ? \ hen It came hnr tag camehnr cametag a much Iower slower . . . , oneve - - - ! > .ii.uvvVK ii.uvvVK iiuvvVK ban ball UA11 one OU , ve , - you "lore lore more " time to cover covervUtid vUtid auod vUtidI oun coveroun coverauod auodeball I ebalI eball * > 11 today is far harder on onKte ones es You ou have to be aiert alert aie Kte Youse eond cond aierteond alertcond eonda conda all A a man is at bat You Youl se all " ttle the closeThe t me in any close closeI The old t me game I CI\ CI ce'i cei mayCI mayce'i CImore ( ! \ ' theay more T ' scient " "tCc tCc " fie tic but may the ofd ay Is largely rgsly a matter ofI of d POwer powerrs ' Hcttersclubhouse rs vs s H Hctters HK uters , rs rsteT0 clUbhouse to ftedto liedto teT0 " " ch thtchat : tcba tchat t dr fted lied "ed- "ed ed "ed'nparative " of"I ofI ofalld o1Sod . the fine - cOmparatIVe ' ' " 'nparative nparative ' s \ value alue slue of o1 egu alld Sod " " hlttng hitt hltt bitt ne ng eg . U " "had had had your choice askede I asked askedtsw e veterans who "auld auld would " you uth ulh Cobb FoxxSOn Foxxinn Wagner and Foxx SOn inn Alexander Feller and tsw aeh andaeh aehat at * t hn his pcak peak ? ' "tiretowaitonthatoDC tiretowaitonthatoDC pcak"tiretowaitonthatoDC " t I h've hve have ' to walt wait walton waiton on that one oneI "tiretowaitonthatoDCith ith those thane pitchersthose 1 I , , d take ; ' " the " " ' ( four our pitchers P'tchcrsnaB PtchcrsnaB ' U ii IIIU 11ii four Pitchers P ' ers and , I 111 III 11 any ' 111 four big hlt hitters r'l rl ' you youerne youe " e youe ! In " ' " erne e ( any 'y y ' baseball league |