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Mickey mantle

He was unlike any other baseball star in America, a blond-haired boy from the heartland whose raw power and mythical purity made him a hero

History professors Roberts and Smith recently co-authored A Season in t

He was unlike any other baseball star in America, a blond-haired boy from the heartland whose raw power and mythical purity made him a hero

History professors Roberts and Smith recently co-authored A Season in t

Just as the year changed the nation, so its World Series changed American sports

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