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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: the other players, three pitchers, swore their
arms should be in the hospital.
``Cut it out!'' said Merritt, getting exasperated.
``You'd all lay down on me--now, wouldn't
you? Well, listen to this: McDougal pitched today;
he doesn't go. Blake works Friday, he
doesn't go. But the rest of you puffed-up, high-
salaried stiffs pack your grips quick. See? It'll
cost any fresh fellar fifty for missin' the train.''
So that was how eleven of the Rochester team
found themselves moodily boarding a Pullman en
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