| Willie Keeler Quotes |
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"I have already written a treatise and it reads like this: Keep your eye clear and hit 'em where they ain't; that's all."
"I keep my eyes clear and I hit 'em where they ain't."
"Learn what pitch you can hit good; then wait for that pitch."
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| Quotes About Willie Keeler |
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"He (Willie Keeler) may have been small in size but he was huge with the bat." - Ted Williams
"Is he (Wille Keeler) the guy the named the cookie after? Wee Willie Keebler?" - George Brett
"Keeler could bunt any time he chose. If the third baseman came in for a tap, he invariably pushed the ball past the fielder. If he stayed back, he bunted. Also, he had a trick of hitting a high hopper to an infielder. The ball would bounce so high that he was across the bag before he could be stopped." - Honus Wagner
"Often regarded as the quiet man on the rowdy Baltimore clubs of the 1890s, Keeler also earned a reputation as the greatest slap hitter of all time..." - Donald Dewey & Nicholas Acocella
"The most wonderful hitter that ever lived." - Bill Stern
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