Quote: In two words: im-possible (UNCLASSIFIED)

Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Wed Feb 10 16:48:08 UTC 2010


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Well, I searched for the strings "word in America" and "You never know".
Between the way those were altered, and the wrong date, I missed it.

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> Try the Jan 24, 1983 issue. It's even mentioned in the subtitle.
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> Here's A Hot Dog You've Got To Relish
> If there's any one word that describes St. Louis Pitcher Joaquin
> Andujar, it would most surely be "Youneverknow"
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> DanG
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> On 2/10/2010 11:07 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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> >> In any case, a companion piece for one of my favorite (almost
> >> apocryphal?) baseball quotes, uttered by St. Louis Cardinals'
> pitcher
> >> Joaquin Andujar:
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> >> "There is one word in America that says it all, and that one word
> is,
> >> 'You never know.'"
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> >>    Sports Illustrated, June 22, 1987 [according to the always
> reliable
> >> internet sources]
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> >> LH
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> > Searching the SI archives at the SI Vault website does not confirm
> this
> > quote -- but I don't know how complete those archives are.
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