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Rickey might be the most underrated of the players who everyone universally agrees was great. Even without his baserunning, he was a HoF caliber hitter/defender. That he was that good, and then you add being the best baserunner in the history of baseball by an insane margin, is just mindblowing. And he was one of the truly great characters too. It's so sad that a guy that athletic would die at such a relatively young age.
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"I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses."
-- Tom House
"I was very fortunate to have a pitching coach by the name of Tom House...Tom, I really miss those days that we spent in the weight room and out on the field working together."
-- Nolan Ryan's HoF Induction Speech
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