Gabe Kapler Quotes

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Gabe Kapler

Profession : Baseball Player

Birth : July 31, 1975

I was forced to earn some extra glue and made the hysterically shortsighted decision to pose for photos in very tiny and colorful swimwear for a fitness magazine, that would become the fuel to many a comical fire in my clubhouse environments over the years.

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Wrigley, beyond its status as a baseball icon, has an undeniable positive energy all its own, which penetrates all who enter its gates.

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If you're looking for a MLB example of a guy who was dominant as a youngster and regressed as an additional cautionary tale, Atlanta Brave Steve Avery fits the bill.

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Attempting to predict shoulder and elbow issues due to extensive innings early in a pitchers career is an inexact science.

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You can grow old without growing up.

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As a base runner myself, the moment I reached second base I began to fantasize about the potential contact at the plate. Every time I met a catcher in front of the plate throughout my career, the response I received from my teammates when returning to the dugout was a true hero's welcome.

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I loved having a fan appreciate my style of play, but nothing in the world is more gratifying than having 24 guys gaze at you adoringly for quite assertively scoring a run at the expense of a member of the other team.

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I came out on the losing end of a home-plate collision enough times that I truly had to consider the risk.

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The New York Yankees signed Masahiro Tanaka, and the baseball world has yawned.

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Oft-injured MLB players should consider taking a full year off near the middle of their careers.

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In 2006, I woke up every morning and dreaded the ballpark. I knew how difficult it was to even prepare my body to go out and play.

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There are so few Jewish ballplayers, so you want to be a positive role model and provide an example that the Jewish community can be proud of.

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I am immensely proud of our people. The way we have been persecuted, and our drive and our survival, is mind-boggling. I think that is part of the reason I continue to be so connected to the Holocaust, and why that has such a moving effect on me.

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I am extremely connected to and proud of who I am culturally, where I come from, my parents and their parents.

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Historically, baseball has used the 60-yard dash to measure speed. In the most trivial way, this makes sense. This measurement, however, doesn't tell us much about baseball speed.

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When scouts evaluate players for power, they are not simply watching to see if the ball clears the wall. They're laser focused on the flight of the ball, its trajectory and the speed with which it leaves the bat.

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When a ball is struck with more velocity and at the right angle to create the most distance, you end up with a bomb.

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No sir, I don't have a crystal ball, but I do have common sense.

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I think the players set the tone right away in spring training.

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I'm just a person that is trying his best along the way.

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