sˈɛd hɪz hˈɑːɹvɚd bˈeɪsbɔːl kˈoʊtʃ, nˈoːɹmən ʃˈɛpɚd, ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti nˈaɪn: "ɐ pˈɪtʃɚ lˈaɪk ɹˈeɪ kˈʌmz ɐlˈɔŋ dʒˈʌst wˈʌns ɪn ɐ wˈaɪl.
Said his Harvard baseball coach, Norman Shepard, in 1969: "A pitcher like Ray comes along just once in a while.