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Gaylord Perry Biography

Gaylord Jackson Perry (born September 15, 1938) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1962 to 1983 for eight different teams. During a 22-year baseball career, Perry compiled 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and a 3.11 earned run average. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.

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There is a difference between jaywalking and grand larceny.

Difference, Differences, Grand, Jaywalking, Larceny

The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.

Baseball, Played, Trouble, Year, Years

Going back down to the minors is the toughest thing to handle in baseball.

Back, Baseball, Handle, Minors, Toughest

Do for yourself or do without.

They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run.

Hit, Home, Man, Moon, Run, Running

I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping.

Apples, Chocolate, Everything, Reckon, Salt, Sauce

Greaseball, greaseball, greaseball, that's all I throw him (Rod Carew), and he still hits them. He's the only player in baseball who consistently hits my grease. He sees the ball so well, I guess he can pick out the dry side.

Ball, Baseball, Dry, Grease, Guess, Player

Primarily, every rule change over the past ten years has been against the pitchers - lowering the mound and the designated hitter.

Against, Change, Designated, Lowering, Past, Years

I'd always have it (grease( in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to be caught out there with anything though, it wouldn't be professional.

Caught, Grease, Professional, Two, Umpires, Wipe

Wait until Tommy Lasorda meets the Lord and finds out He's wearing pinstripes

Baseball, Lord, Pinstripes, Tommy, Waiting