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Help JFK's Quote of the Day:

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Hello, I’m jrockies and a member of Purple Row. Every day I post a baseball related quote to the site noted as "JFK’s Quote of the Day." I have, however, come up with a problem. Most of the quotes I have are from former players/coaches (Berra, Mayes, Hornsby, Peter Uueberroth, etc.) or older authors and sports writers (Boswell, Russell Baker, Kahn, etc.) and I don’t have many from players and writers of today’s period. As an attempt to build my list of quotes I have decided to ask the different baseball communities around SBNation to help me out. I don’t get to read local articles for non-Denver teams very often and I know that players have said something wise/funny/absurd that should be remembered somewhere ("These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good." ~Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the Girl Scout cookies he keeps in his locker) So here is the challenge: In the comments section post your all-time favorite baseball quotes (I don’t have all of them) and your favorite quotes you’ve heard from around the league in recent years. For the next two weeks I will post my quote of the day in the comments here. Thanks, jrockies JFK

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Catchers Framing Pitches

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This takes a simple statistical look at which catchers are the best and the worst at framing pitches.

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Bobby Grich Was The Victim of Some Bad Hall of Fame Voting

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Being a Tigers fan, I'm partial to Lou Whitaker's overlooked Hall of Fame plight but I'd also have to agree with this article that Bobby Grich is more than deserving

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MLB and Qualcomm team up to improve wireless connectivity in stadiums

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Hey everyone! You may be interested in hearing about how we'll be able to take our spreadsheets with us everywhere -- even in MLB stadiums. Check it out!

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An In-Depth Look At Deacon White, Pre-Integration Era Hall of Fame Candidate

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The following is an in-depth look at the career and Hall of Fame candidacy of Deacon White, a 19th century catcher/third baseman who appears on this year's Pre-Integration Era Hall of Fame ballot.

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Three Strikes'll Send You to the Dugout, or San Quentin

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Why three strikes? and effect has this arbitrary baseball rule had on the criminal justice system?

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The Brandon League signing: A Sabermetrically Approved Strategy

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Why the League signing actually makes good sense in terms of sabermetric bullpen construction (ignoring the absurd amount of money involved).

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Does Pitching In The California League Benefit A Starting Pitcher's Development?

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In one respect, it might. Click the SBNation Minor League Ball link above to see preliminary data from a study that looks at how minor league starters' walk and strikeout rates change in going from Low A to High A to AA and how the leagues they pass through influence those changes.