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A fact from Salty Parker appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 November 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Salty Parker, who spent 60 years in organized baseball, described his lifelong love of the game as "a beautiful disease"?
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... that Salty Parker, who spent 60 years in organized baseball, described his lifelong love of the game as "a beautiful disease"? Source: Here ("Salty ... was attached to organized baseball for sixty years. He played the game, coached it, managed it, scouted it.") and here (Parker described his lifelong love of baseball: "It's a beautiful disease, that's the best way to describe it. I'll never be able to get it out of my system.")
ALT1: ... that Salty Parker, whose 60 years in organized baseball included stints as manager of the New York Mets and Houston Astros, described his lifelong love of the game as "a beautiful disease"?