“The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.”

—  Ernie Banks

George Bush Presidential Library and Museum :: Born to Play Ball – Shortstops, George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, 2008-12-09 http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/exhibits/2008-born_to_play_ball/shortstops.php,
also in Bill Adler, Baseball Wit (New York: Crown, 1986).

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