​"The day I was born, Williams hit 4-for-5 in game one of that afternoon’s doubleheader and 2-for-3 in game two, for a best-ever, season batting average of .406. No one has batted even .400 in the majors since.

Was it coincidence that my birthdate fell on that date? Yes — but I mention it for a reason, namely a feeble attempt to connect with immortality.
What baseball fan wouldn’t?”

​-Robert Popple, from Born in Huronia: Recollections of a kid from Penetanguishene

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