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Practise makes imperfect: Blue Jays relief pitcher Jerry Garvin goes through a whole shopping cart of baseballs as he works on his feared (by Blue Jays) home run pitch
Practise makes imperfect: Blue Jays relief pitcher Jerry Garvin goes through a whole shopping cart of baseballs as he works on his feared (by Blue Jays) home run pitch

Practise makes imperfect: Blue Jays relief pitcher Jerry Garvin goes through a whole shopping cart of baseballs as he works on his feared (by Blue Jays) home run pitch

Date3/1/1982
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  • Practise makes imperfect: Blue Jays relief pitcher Jerry Garvin goes through a whole shopping cart of baseballs as he works on his feared (by Blue Jays) home run pitch.
  • Practise makes imperfect: Blue Jays relief pitcher Jerry Garvin goes through a whole shopping cart of baseballs as he works on his feared (by Blue Jays) home run pitch
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Original Toronto Star caption: Practise makes imperfect: Blue Jays relief pitcher Jerry Garvin goes through a whole shopping cart of baseballs as he works on his feared (by Blue Jays) home run pitch.
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