"These people were simply trying to escape an extremely bad situation, " said Louisiana State Police spokesman Trooper Willie Williams.

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Also superior to A-Rod: Henry Aaron (who homered about two and half times more often than average), Willie McCovey and Ted Williams (both more than three times as often).

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His latest album, Just Across the River, features a series of duets with some of the singers he wrote for, including Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams and Vince Gill.

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