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Old 07-22-2024, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Exhibitman View Post
With respect players' wartime service, I know a lot of them say that the extra time would not have had a major impact on their careers, but I don't buy that. Any career in any field that is interrupted by years of doing something else entirely causes a lag in training and skill acquisition that has to be made up later.
Maybe I'm wrong but my impression was that guys like DiMaggio and Williams picked right up where they had left off?
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