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Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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Mickey Charles Mantle
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