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Is Federer a Good Soccer Player?
You need to have someone who's played a lot and in front of a lot of people. That's why Federer, because remember that was the catalyst for this debate. But even though he played easily more than a thousand matches, the stadium's just aren't big enough. Even the biggest stadium is still pretty small compared to what Ronaldo Messi and these guys are playing in every second. So if you start with football, where might we find others? Baseball plays a lot. The career leader for matches played is 3,562 games, got the Pedro's. And they say 10 million people watched the two. I never believed that first of all. Nobody's counting the people on the solid
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