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The older they get, the better they were when they were younger.

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Jim Bouton
Age: 80 †
Born: 1939
Born: March 8
Died: 2019
Died: July 10
Baseball Player
Journalist
Newark
New Jersey
Yankees
Younger
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Baseball
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