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Posted By: jay behrens

I never saw Mantle play and only caught Mays at the end of his career. Unlike Scott, the people I talked baseball with as a kid were more in awe of Mays and Clemente. I don't recall anyone ever mentioning Mantle. Maybe that is because he was gone from the game by then. Then again, if he was the greatest thing since sliced bread, I'd think at least one person I knew would have said something about Mantle. Growing up in the middle of BFE, away from the NY hype certainly seems to have made a difference on how the older people of my area viewed players.

Jay

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