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Old 03-31-2010, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Mitt View Post
As for the "Dago" comment, his closest friends called him the "The Big Dago". It's in that context I believe the post was written. I'm second generation Italian too and did not believe that Mike was using the nickname in any other context than that. As a matter of fact, I would have loved to have gotten Joe to sign that nickname on a ball for me, but it wasn't meant to be...
Well Jerry, I didn't realize that Mike was Joe D's close personal friend!

And I was brought up in the manner that one Italian man does not call another "Dago" as a term of endearment!

Nice of you to speak up for your friend but the fact is you really don't know what his intentions were, do you?
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