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Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.

~Bob Feller

Topics: All-Out Baseball Game Inches Insignificant Lot Luck Only Sports Time Very War

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You can talk about teamwork on a baseball team, but I'll tell you, it takes teamwork when you have 2,900 men stationed on the U.S.S. Alabama in the South Pacific.

~Bob Feller

Topics: About Alabama Baseball Men Pacific South Takes Talk Team Teamwork Tell You

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I went on inactive duty in August 1945, and since I had stayed in such good shape and had played ball on military teams, I was ready to start for the Indians just two days later, against the Tigers.

~Bob Feller

Topics: Against August Ball Days Duty Good Good Shape Had Indians Just Later Military Played Ready Shape Since Start Stayed Teams Tigers Two

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I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell you this - heroes don't come home. Survivors come home.

~Bob Feller

Topics: Alabama Captain Come Gun Hero Heroes Home Me Months Only People Survivors Tell You

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If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the Allies; they say the United States won the war and saved the world.

~Bob Feller

Topics: Allies Ask Europe People Saved Say States They Say United United States War Who Won World World War World War Ii You

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I spent 34 months on the battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I was a gun captain. First we went to Russia for about 11 months with the British convoys. Then we were up in Norway and Scandinavia.

~Bob Feller

Topics: About Alabama British Captain First Gun Months Norway Russia South Spent Then Up Were

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Athlete

Born: November 3rd, 1918

Died: December 15th, 2010

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