A Quote by J. D. Martinez

You can say baseball's fun, you're in the big leagues, you get to come to a Major League field every day - and, yeah, that's great. I love it.

J. D. Martinez

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J. D. Martinez
American - Athlete
Born: August 21, 1987

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Ferguson Jenkins

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Louis Farrakhan

This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.

Jacob deGrom

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John Kruk

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Bob Feller

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Jose Altuve

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Christopher Guest

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Pat Connaughton

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Ron Darling

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Steve Garvey

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