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That horse had better win. I saw George get on the plane with an automatic.

— Mickey Mantle

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Source: On George Steinbrenner's Kentucky Derby entry, Eternal Prince; as quoted in "Baseball Has a Double Standard for Beer Companies" The Capital Times (May 4, 1985)
Source quality: Secondhand citation Quoted from another book or article rather than from the original.

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