On this episode, Dan Wallach talks with Tom Catal, who is Mickey Mantle's former autograph agent, and was the founder and curator of the Mickey Mantle Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

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Thanks to:

Ryan Starinsky for the opening theme and his acoustic version of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame"

Randy Moore for his baseball organ version of "Kingpin" by Get Married

Gary Cieradkowski at www.studiogaryc.com for creating the artwork

Tom Catal (and Mickey Mantle)

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