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Willie Stargell

I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.

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Willie Stargell is describing his awareness that his time to play baseball was limited by natural aging and physical decline. He felt a sense of urgency to enjoy and participate in the sport as much as possible before his body no longer allowed it.

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