Doug Harvey quote ✍️

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I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.
Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ENE
Hint 3 another clue
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