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Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.
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His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.
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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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