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Howard W. RosenbergYou shouldn't jump in on the thread, since Bunning, the HOF pitcher, is a political figure and the board is not for partisan exchanges.  But still, an interview with him in today's New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/us/06bunning.html?ref=us
has a meaty baseball quote from him.  Referring to his current political difficulties in summoning support for a possible re-election bid, he reportedly said:
"When you've dealt with Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra and Stan Musial," he said, "the people I'm dealing with now are kind of down the scale."