Peter Gent ("North Dallas Forty") passes away
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/sp...dies.html?_r=1
Along with 'Ball Four', the book that began to let us understand what was really happening behind the locker room door and beyond..
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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine
Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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