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For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope.

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"For many in baseball September is a month of stark contrast with April, when everyone had dared to hope. If baseball is a lot like life, as pundits declare, it is because life is more about losing than winning"

- John Thorn

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This quote is written / told by John Thorn somewhere between April 17, 1947 and today. He/she was a famous Historian from USA. The author also have 31 other quotes.

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