Lou Brock
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"Louis Clark "Lou" Brock" is an Americans/American former professional baseball player. He began his Major League Baseball career with the Chicago Cubs, but spent the majority of his career as the left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Brock was best known for breaking Ty Cobb's all-time major league stolen base record. He is currently a special instructor Coach (baseball)/coach for the St. Louis Cardinals. Brock was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1985/1985.

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I believe we need to make some radical moves to get the attention of everyone.

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I've been here since March 2. My wife wants us to stay until the end of the month, but I've told her we've got to go home a week earlier than that.

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You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.

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The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent.

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Jim Crow was king . . . and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive. The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.

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We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.

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Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

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If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

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