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What did you say, Joe?

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
Baseball

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Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
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Sometimes I sit in my den at home and read stories about myself. Kids used to save whole scrapbooks on me. They get tired of them and mail them to me. I'll go in there and read them, and you know what? They might as well be about (Stan) Musial and (Joe) DiMaggio, it's like reading about somebody else.
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I had it all and blew it.
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I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.
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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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