Quote of the day

Oakland Athletics pitcher Brian Kingman after losing 20 games in 1980:

“My dream as a kid was to get to the big leagues. I guess I wasn’t specific enough. I should have said, ‘My dream was to get to the big leagues and be successful.’ ”

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