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`` It all started with my father , '' he explained . `` Like I say , he was the Chief Engineer of the city of Cleveland . As far as he was concerned , the only important thing was for me to get a good education . But as far back as I can remember , all I could think of , morning , noon and night , was baseball . '' ` Now listen , ' Dad would say . ` I want you to cut this out and pay attention to your studies . I want you to go to college when you 're through high school , and I do n't want any foolishness about it .