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History: When Yankees rookie Mickey Mantle (#20) was sent down to Kansas City after a disappointing start, he considered giving up and quitting baseball. His father told him that if he was going to be a quitter, he would drive him home to Oklahoma right then and there. The tough love worked, and Mantle soon turned it around.

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History: Jorge Pascual, founder of the Mexican League challenged Major League Baseball for talent, offering major league and Negro league players better money than their American clubs were playing. Newark Eagles third-sacker Ray Dandridge (#3) spent nine years in the Mexican League starting with Veracruz in 1940. Cleveland Indians GM Bill Veeck tried to entice Dandridge into coming to Cleveland, but Dandridge declined, favoring his situation in Mexico.

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History: The 1962 Michigan Wolverines baseball team earned their second College World Series Championship in two tries when they defeated the Santa Clara Broncos by a score of 5-4 in a 15 inning thriller in the deciding game at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska. Their first appearance in the 1953 CWS yielded a victory over the Texas Longhorns.

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History: Hot Springs tried to integrate the CSL in 1953 by signing pitching brothers Jim and Leander Tugerson for the 1953 season. They were threatened with expulsion from the league for their efforts, and neither brother actually appeared for the Bathers in a game that season, despite the team's efforts.

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