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If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.'

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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