Happy Baseball Birthday Quote--Darold Knowles

Long time relief pitcher Darold Knowles was born December 9th, 1941.    http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=12&day=9 He was a consistently good relief pitcher over his career. Highlights include an all-star appearance with the 1969 Washington Senators and three World Championships in a row with the Oakland A's. This included appearances in all seven games of the 1973 World Series where he did not give up a run. As a Mets fan, why am I reminding myself about that.

Back when he played for the Senators, his manager was a pretty decent ballplayer by the name of Ted Williams. What he said about Knowles makes this the Baseball Birthday Quote of the Day.

"Darold Knowles is the best relief pitcher in baseball."
--Ted Williams

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