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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:  In a career that spanned 40 years, legendary pitcher Satchel Paige (#25) famously played anywhere he could collect a paycheck. Paige has been officially credited as playing for 17 different professional ballclubs in five different countries. However, Paige is most associated with his time playing for the Kansas City Monarchs. In particular while playing in this uniform and leading the Monarchs to their ninth league pennant and second Negro World Series title in 1942.

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History: The Monarchs appeared in the first Colored World Series in 1924, representing the Negro National League against the Hilldale club of the Eastern Colored League. No number on back (numbers were not worn at that time).

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History: In 1953, the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League were looking for a new second baseman to replace their previous second baseman, a teenager named Hank Aaron, who had just been signed by the Milwaukee Braves. Like other Negro League ballclubs, the Clowns were struggling after the 1947 signings of Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby to Major League clubs opened the door for all of the best black ballplayers to leave the Negro Leagues for better opportunities in the big leagues.

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History: The barrios of East Los Angeles were a hotbed of Mexican-American baseball in the years following World War II. One of the top clubs was founded by Mario Lopez and sponsored by his Carmelita Provision Company. The Chorizeros (sausage makers) became one of the top clubs in L.A. semi-pro ball and at one time were composed of the nine brothers - the Penas.

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