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The champ may have lost his stuff temporarily or permanently he can't be sure. When he can no longer throw his high hard one he throws his heart instead. He throws something. He just doesn't walk off the mound and weep.

The champ may have lost his stuff temporarily or permanently he can't be sure. When he can no longer throw his high hard one he throws his heart instead. He throws something. He just doesn't walk off the mound and weep.

Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Raymond Chandler
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Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1888 to 1959; Wikidata Q180377, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180377 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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