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Well, we dropped the pennant in 1883 and Boston got it. Nor was that the bitterest pill I had to swallow. I fell to twelfth place in the batting list, my percentage being only .307. Brouthers stood first, his percentage being .371. It seemed as if the twirlers were getting a little too foxy for my style of hitting. I had been patting myself on the back a long time over my batting career, and to have an experience of this kind was tough.
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