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- <title>
- Oct. 16, 1989: Mantle Piece
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Oct. 16, 1989 The Ivory Trail
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- PEOPLE, Page 94
- Mantle Piece
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- <p>By Emily Mitchell/Reported by Wendy Cole
- </p>
- <p> Thinking of his new yet unaccountable celebrity gives
- Mickey Mantle, 57, goose bumps. "I haven't played for 20 years,"
- says the Mick modestly, "but I seem to be more popular than I've
- ever been." His bubble-gum card is like gold; fans stock up on
- Mantle figurines, action toys and his four videos. Perhaps it's
- nostalgia for a simpler time. "When I was playing," says Mantle,
- "we thought six bottles of beer was risque." As for the kids,
- maybe "their dads are saying `There's a guy you ought to be
- like.'" Home run.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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