"Baseball is too good a business to be a mere sport and too… - Pedro Septién

"Baseball is too good a business to be a mere sport and too much of a sport to be a mere business". (Spanish: "El beisbol es demasiado negocio para ser un simple deporte y demasiado deporte para ser un simple negocio".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

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Pedro Septién (March 21, 1916 – December 19, 2013) was a Mexican sports broadcaster. He was nicknamed El Mago (Spanish for "The Wizard"). Septien was famous in México due to his vast knowledge about Major League Baseball. He was known as the play-by-play announcer for the Tigres de Quintana Roo baseball team.

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"The greatest ballplayer was Ty Cobb". (Spanish: "El más grande pelotero de la historia ha sido Ty Cobb".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

"Numbers are prophets that look backwards (in time)". (Spanish: "Los números son profetas que miran hacia atrás".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

"There's no defense against the walk". (Spanish: "Contra la base por bolas no hay defensa".) Milenio Newspaper (October 29, 2021)

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