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A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

Joe DiMaggio

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Joe DiMaggio
Age: 84 †
Born: 1914
Born: November 25
Died: 1999
Died: March 8
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