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What?
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Something between Mickey and Joe?
:23:09
When Mickey first came up, at 18,
they said he'd be the next DiMaggio.
:23:13
No, better than DiMaggio.
:23:15
Of course, Joe D. Didn't like that too much.
Nobody's got more pride than him.
:23:19
He wasn't friendly to start.
He wouldn't say a word to me.
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Not one word that whole year.
That wasn't right.
:23:24
Mickey was never that way.
:23:25
When I came up, he was the first
to take me out with the guys.
:23:29
Spring training in my rookie year,
we're all down in St. Pete...
:23:32
...they wouldn't let me
eat in the restaurant.
:23:34
So Mickey he gets his food, comes out
to the bus, and has dinner with me.
:23:39
- You think DiMaggio would have did that?
- He finally talked to him once in a Series.
:23:43
- Wasn't much of a conversation.
- Ill say.
:23:46
Remember the '51 Series
against the Giants?
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- I guess. What happened?
- DiMaggio's in center, Mickey's in right.
:23:52
Casey goes to Mickey and says,
"Take everything you can get...
:23:55
"...'cause the old man can't
run like he used to."
:23:58
So, Willie Mays gets up, right?
:24:00
He hits a fly ball to right center field,
and Mickey takes off.
:24:03
Could he fly back then?
You never seen a guy run like this.
:24:06
3.1 seconds to first base.
:24:08
So, Mickey's digging for the ball.
He's got a bead on it. No sweat.
:24:11
All of a sudden, at the last minute,
he hears DiMaggio:
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"I got it!"
:24:17
Mickey pulls up, and steps
into one of those drains in the outfield.
:24:20
- His knee exploded, tore it apart.
- You could hear it in the bullpen, Rog.
:24:25
After the game, Mick's dad's there...
:24:27
...helpin' him into the cab
to go to the hospital...
:24:29
...and Mickey leans on him for help.
:24:32
His dad collapses.
It turns out he's filled up with cancer.
:24:36
Then, they ended up at the same hospital,
lying next to each other.
:24:40
It was a little while after that, his dad died.
:24:43
It was a tough time for Mick.
:24:45
- Cheers!
- Cheers!
:24:54
Shit!
:24:56
- Yeah, who is it?
- Its Whitey.