The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball. (Bill Veeck)

The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball.

Bill Veeck

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