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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
Baseball Player
Dallas
Texas
Mickey Charles Mantle
Piece
Pieces
Better
Rooster
Roosters
Yankees
Chicken
Chickens

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