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And Also It's An Ever-gathering Process. If I Pick Up The Sporting News Or Some Sports Publication And There's An Article On Somebody And I Think I Might See That Player, I Will Tear It Out And Put It In A File, And I Have A Looseleaf Book So When We're Going To Play That Particular Team I Take Out All These Clippings And Things I Pulled Out, I Go Through Them, Highlight Them, Put Them In The Book.

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Vin Scully

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And Also It's An Ever-gathering Process. If I Pick Up The Sporting News Or Some Sports Publication And There's An Article On Somebody And I Think I Might See That Player, I Will Tear It Out And Put It In A File, And I Have A Looseleaf Book So When We're Going To Play That Particular Team I Take Out All These Clippings And Things I Pulled Out, I Go Through Them, Highlight Them, Put Them In The Book.

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