The seventh day of the seventh month has arrived. For men and women of a certain age, the double digits of the date can prompt at least a thought and probably more about the man who made No. 7 so cool, significant and symbolic. To a man a few years past the date of Social Security eligibility who spent his formative years less than 20 blocks from that Yankee Stadium, the one with all the history, this is Mickey Mantle day. Hail No. 7.
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