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    Jim Rooker, Pittsburgh color analyst, 1989, during last game of a rough road trip. With Pirates up 10 on Phillies at Veterans Stadium: “If we don’t with this game I’m walking back to Pittsburgh.” He (eventually) walked home.

    Quote from article: “The Reds had gone 35 years without getting no-hit, which was the longest streak in baseball.”