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Mantle, Maris, and Cerv probably share one major-league record already : Among them, they have fifteen children - eight for Cerv, four for Mantle, and three for Maris. | share | {
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Mantle, Maris, and Cerv probably share one major-league record already : Among them, they have fifteen children - eight for Cerv, four for Mantle, and three for Maris. | have | {
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As roommates, teammates, and home-run mates, Mantle, 29, who broke in with the Yankees ten years ago, and Maris, 26, who came to the Yankees from Kansas City two years ago, have strikingly similar backgrounds. | broke in | {
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As roommates, teammates, and home-run mates, Mantle, 29, who broke in with the Yankees ten years ago, and Maris, 26, who came to the Yankees from Kansas City two years ago, have strikingly similar backgrounds. | came | {
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As roommates, teammates, and home-run mates, Mantle, 29, who broke in with the Yankees ten years ago, and Maris, 26, who came to the Yankees from Kansas City two years ago, have strikingly similar backgrounds. | have | {
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Both were scholastic stars in football, basketball, and baseball ( Mantle in Commerce, Okla., Maris in Fargo, N. D. ) ; as halfbacks, both came close to playing football at the University of Oklahoma ( `` Sometimes in the minors '', Maris recalls, `` I wished I had gone to Oklahoma '' ). | were | {
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Both were scholastic stars in football, basketball, and baseball ( Mantle in Commerce, Okla., Maris in Fargo, N. D. ) ; as halfbacks, both came close to playing football at the University of Oklahoma ( `` Sometimes in the minors '', Maris recalls, `` I wished I had gone to Oklahoma '' ). | playing | {
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Both were scholastic stars in football, basketball, and baseball ( Mantle in Commerce, Okla., Maris in Fargo, N. D. ) ; as halfbacks, both came close to playing football at the University of Oklahoma ( `` Sometimes in the minors '', Maris recalls, `` I wished I had gone to Oklahoma '' ). | recalls | {
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Both were scholastic stars in football, basketball, and baseball ( Mantle in Commerce, Okla., Maris in Fargo, N. D. ) ; as halfbacks, both came close to playing football at the University of Oklahoma ( `` Sometimes in the minors '', Maris recalls, `` I wished I had gone to Oklahoma '' ). | wished | {
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Both were scholastic stars in football, basketball, and baseball ( Mantle in Commerce, Okla., Maris in Fargo, N. D. ) ; as halfbacks, both came close to playing football at the University of Oklahoma ( `` Sometimes in the minors '', Maris recalls, `` I wished I had gone to Oklahoma '' ). | gone to | {
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To an extent, the two even look alike. | look | {
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Both have blue eyes and short blond hair. | have | {
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Both are 6 feet tall and weigh between 195 and 200 pounds, but Mantle, incredibly muscular ( he has a 17 - 1 2 - inch neck ), looks bigger. | are | {
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Both are 6 feet tall and weigh between 195 and 200 pounds, but Mantle, incredibly muscular ( he has a 17 - 1 2 - inch neck ), looks bigger. | weigh | {
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Both are 6 feet tall and weigh between 195 and 200 pounds, but Mantle, incredibly muscular ( he has a 17 - 1 2 - inch neck ), looks bigger. | has | {
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Both are 6 feet tall and weigh between 195 and 200 pounds, but Mantle, incredibly muscular ( he has a 17 - 1 2 - inch neck ), looks bigger. | looks | {
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With their huge backs and overdeveloped shoulders, both must have their clothes made to order. | have | {
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With their huge backs and overdeveloped shoulders, both must have their clothes made to order. | made | {
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Maris purchases $ 100 suits from Simpson 's in New York. | purchases | {
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Mantle, more concerned with dress, buys his suits four at a time at Neiman-Marcus in Dallas and pays as much as $ 250 each. | buys | {
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Mantle, more concerned with dress, buys his suits four at a time at Neiman-Marcus in Dallas and pays as much as $ 250 each. | pays | {
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Neither Mantle nor Maris need fear being classified an intellectual, but lately Mantle has shown unusual devotion to an intellectual opus, Henry Miller 's `` Tropic of Cancer ''. | fear | {
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Neither Mantle nor Maris need fear being classified an intellectual, but lately Mantle has shown unusual devotion to an intellectual opus, Henry Miller 's `` Tropic of Cancer ''. | classified | {
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Neither Mantle nor Maris need fear being classified an intellectual, but lately Mantle has shown unusual devotion to an intellectual opus, Henry Miller 's `` Tropic of Cancer ''. | shown | {
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Mantle so appreciated Miller 's delicate literary style that he broadened teammates ' minds by reading sensitive passages aloud during road trips. | appreciated | {
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Mantle so appreciated Miller 's delicate literary style that he broadened teammates ' minds by reading sensitive passages aloud during road trips. | broadened | {
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Mantle so appreciated Miller 's delicate literary style that he broadened teammates ' minds by reading sensitive passages aloud during road trips. | reading | {
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Mantle is not normally given to public speaking - or, for that matter, to private speaking. | is | {
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`` What do you and Mickey talk about at home ''? a reporter asked Maris recently. | talk about | {
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`` What do you and Mickey talk about at home ''? a reporter asked Maris recently. | asked | {
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`` To tell you the truth '', Maris said, `` Mickey do n't talk much ''. | tell | {
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`` To tell you the truth '', Maris said, `` Mickey do n't talk much ''. | said | {
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`` To tell you the truth '', Maris said, `` Mickey do n't talk much ''. | talk | {
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This is no surprising trait for a ballplayer. | is | {
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What is surprising and pleasant is that Mantle and Maris, under constant pressure from writers and photographers, are trying to be cooperative. | trying | {
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What is surprising and pleasant is that Mantle and Maris, under constant pressure from writers and photographers, are trying to be cooperative. | be | {
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Of the two, Mantle is by nature the less outgoing, Maris the more outspoken. | is | {
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But last week, when a reporter was standing near Mantle 's locker, Mickey walked up and volunteered an anecdote. | walked | {
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But last week, when a reporter was standing near Mantle 's locker, Mickey walked up and volunteered an anecdote. | volunteered | {
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`` See that kid ''? he said, pointing to a dark-haired 11 - year-old boy. | See | {
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`` See that kid ''? he said, pointing to a dark-haired 11 - year-old boy. | pointing | {
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I 'll never forget one time I struck out three times, dropped a fly ball, and we lost the game. | forget | {
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I 'll never forget one time I struck out three times, dropped a fly ball, and we lost the game. | struck out | {
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I 'll never forget one time I struck out three times, dropped a fly ball, and we lost the game. | dropped | {
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I 'll never forget one time I struck out three times, dropped a fly ball, and we lost the game. | lost | {
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I came back, sitting by my locker, feeling real low, and the kid walks over to me, looks up, and says : | sitting | {
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I came back, sitting by my locker, feeling real low, and the kid walks over to me, looks up, and says : | feeling | {
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I came back, sitting by my locker, feeling real low, and the kid walks over to me, looks up, and says : | walks | {
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I came back, sitting by my locker, feeling real low, and the kid walks over to me, looks up, and says : | looks | {
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I came back, sitting by my locker, feeling real low, and the kid walks over to me, looks up, and says : | says | {
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' You stunk '' '. | stunk | {
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Maris, in talking to reporters, tries to answer all questions candidly and fully, but on rare occasions, he shuns newsmen. | talking | {
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Maris, in talking to reporters, tries to answer all questions candidly and fully, but on rare occasions, he shuns newsmen. | tries | {
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Maris, in talking to reporters, tries to answer all questions candidly and fully, but on rare occasions, he shuns newsmen. | answer | {
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Maris, in talking to reporters, tries to answer all questions candidly and fully, but on rare occasions, he shuns newsmen. | shuns | {
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`` When I 've made a dumb play '', he says, `` I do n't want to talk to anyone. | made | {
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`` When I 've made a dumb play '', he says, `` I do n't want to talk to anyone. | says | {
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`` When I 've made a dumb play '', he says, `` I do n't want to talk to anyone. | want | {
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`` When I 've made a dumb play '', he says, `` I do n't want to talk to anyone. | talk | {
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I 'm angry ''. | 'm | {
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By his own confession, Maris is an angry young man. | is | {
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Benched at Tulsa in 1955, he told manager Dutch Meyer : | Benched | {
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Benched at Tulsa in 1955, he told manager Dutch Meyer : | told | {
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`` I can n't play for you. | play | {
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Send me where I can play ''. | Send | {
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Send me where I can play ''. | play | {
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( Meyer sent him to Reading, Pa.. ) | sent | {
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Benched at Indianapolis in 1956, he told manager Kerby Farrell : `` I 'm not learning anything on the bench. | Benched | {
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Benched at Indianapolis in 1956, he told manager Kerby Farrell : `` I 'm not learning anything on the bench. | told | {
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Benched at Indianapolis in 1956, he told manager Kerby Farrell : `` I 'm not learning anything on the bench. | 'm | {
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Benched at Indianapolis in 1956, he told manager Kerby Farrell : `` I 'm not learning anything on the bench. | learning | {
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( Farrell did - and Maris led the team to victory in the Little World Series. ) | led | {
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`` That 's the way I am '', he says. | am | {
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`` That 's the way I am '', he says. | says | {
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`` I tell people what I think. | tell | {
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`` I tell people what I think. | think | {
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If you 're a good ballplayer, you 've got to get mad. | 're | {
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If you 're a good ballplayer, you 've got to get mad. | get | {
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"get%2:30:00::"
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Give me a team of nine angry men and I 'll give you a team of nine gentlemen and we 'll beat you nine out of ten times ''. | Give | {
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Give me a team of nine angry men and I 'll give you a team of nine gentlemen and we 'll beat you nine out of ten times ''. | give | {
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Give me a team of nine angry men and I 'll give you a team of nine gentlemen and we 'll beat you nine out of ten times ''. | beat | {
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One good indication of the two men 's personalities is the way they reacted to meeting their own heroes. | is | {
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One good indication of the two men 's personalities is the way they reacted to meeting their own heroes. | reacted | {
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] | [
"react%2:31:00::"
] |
One good indication of the two men 's personalities is the way they reacted to meeting their own heroes. | meeting | {
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"meet%2:41:01::"
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Maris 's was Ted Williams. | was | {
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`` When I was a kid '', Maris told a sportswriter last week, `` I used to follow Williams every day in the box score, just to see whether he got a hit or not ''. | was | {
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`` When I was a kid '', Maris told a sportswriter last week, `` I used to follow Williams every day in the box score, just to see whether he got a hit or not ''. | told | {
"name": "tell",
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`` When I was a kid '', Maris told a sportswriter last week, `` I used to follow Williams every day in the box score, just to see whether he got a hit or not ''. | follow | {
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"follow%2:31:00::"
] |
`` When I was a kid '', Maris told a sportswriter last week, `` I used to follow Williams every day in the box score, just to see whether he got a hit or not ''. | see | {
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`` When I was a kid '', Maris told a sportswriter last week, `` I used to follow Williams every day in the box score, just to see whether he got a hit or not ''. | got | {
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"get%2:40:01::"
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`` When I was a kid '', Maris told a sportswriter last week, `` I used to follow Williams every day in the box score, just to see whether he got a hit or not ''. | hit | {
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"hit%2:35:03::"
] |
`` When you came up to the majors, did you seek out Williams for advice ''? | came up | {
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"come_up%2:38:02::"
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`` When you came up to the majors, did you seek out Williams for advice ''? | seek out | {
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"seek_out%2:35:00::"
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`` Are you kidding ''? said Maris. | kidding | {
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"kid%2:32:01::"
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`` Are you kidding ''? said Maris. | said | {
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"say%2:32:00::"
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`` You 're afraid to talk to a guy you idolize ''. | 're | {
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"be%2:42:03::"
] |
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