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“My high salary for one season was forty-six thousand dollars and a Cadillac.”

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Duke Snider was an American professional baseball player who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Mets. Known for his exceptional hitting ability and defensive skills, Snider was a key player in the Dodgers' World Series wins in 1955 and 1959. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980. more

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“The field was even greener than my boy's mind had pictured it. In later years, friends of ours visited Ireland and said the grass there was plenty green all right, but that not even the Emerald Isle itself was as green as the grass that grew in Ebbets Field.”

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