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Originally Posted by Topps206
Okay, and how is the second one the fault of the fans? It has nothing to with them. As far as Mantle goes, he played for the Yankees, and on a dynasty, too.
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Originally Posted by MooseDog
The first part may be true but certainly isn't the case for those of us in the Bay Area, the majority of us would take Willie over Mickey in a heartbeat.
As to the 2nd part Mays has had many lucrative endorsement deals since he retired and has long lived in an exclusive community here in the Bay Area and by that I mean exclusive even by Silicon Valley standards (there is literally a wall around the whole of he city limits).
Any perceived bitterness is likely rooted in something much deeper I doubt any of us are equipped to understand.
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It's what I've heard his feelings are, from this site and other places. I did not say I agreed with it.