There is Enos "Country" Slaughter. who came out of the hills of North Carolina to become a great star. There is Willie Mays. who went from Alabama to superstardom with the New York and San Francisco Giants. There is Stan Musial. an immigrants son who left the coal mines of Pennsylvania. and Mickey Mantle. who left the coal mines of Oklahoma. to find fortune and immortality as two of the greatest athletes ever. There are Henry Aaron and Willie McCovey. whose ability on the playing field has brought them from meager beginnings to affluence. from the sometime abuse of racial prejudice to places of great respect among all who love sport. There was. of course.
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