"Robert Lee Oliver" is a former first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1965), Kansas City Royals (1969–72), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim/California Angels (1972–74), Baltimore Orioles (1974) and New York Yankees (1975). He batted and threw right-handed.

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We'd been getting ready for this game for a long time. I told our guys at practice yesterday not to get frustrated. We were facing a great pitcher in Wheeler and it wouldn't be easy.

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Mike was a rink rat as a kid. This shows there is much more to hockey than just playing.

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It's just been a love affair with those kids that want to spend a little extra time on the game. And I think it's been mutual respect because they know I care about the game and care about them as people.

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I guess it was just one of those games. Thank goodness Justin stayed focused. He could have easily gotten frustrated with those errors, but he didn't. He pitched a great game.

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I love what I do. I've made lifelong friends with the kids and their parents.

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After the first inning, I told my players not to press and that we would be all right. I knew that being down two runs didn't mean anything because we have been swinging the bat well all year.

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