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To: NohSpinZone
There’s a famous story about Richie Ashburn from the ‘60s and how he’d collide with a Venezuelan shortstop until he learned that “Yo la tengo” meant “I got it”.

I grew up with Ashburn and By Saam, I shudda remembered that

39 posted on 07/12/2021 1:04:39 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: chajin

I don’t know if the story is a yarn but it’s a great story. He avoided colliding with the Venezuelan with “yo la tengo” but then ran into outfielder from Pittsburgh!


40 posted on 07/12/2021 1:06:47 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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