A WILLING ACCOMPLICE
Mickey Mantle had a friend who would let him hunt on his ranch. One day, along with teammate Billy Martin they went to the ranch to hunt. Billy stayed in the car while Mickey checked with his friend. Mickey was given permission to hunt, but the rancher asked him for a favor. His old mule was going blind and had become crippled, but the rancher just didn’t have the heart to put him out of his misery — so he asked Mickey if he would shoot the old mule as a favor. When Mickey came back to the car, he decided to play a trick on Billy and pretended to be angry. “What’s wrong?” asked Billy. “My friend told me NO HUNTING!!!” Mickey pounded his fist on the dashboard feigning anger and said, “Why, that guy got me so mad I’m going into the barn and shoot one of his mules.” With that, Mickey jumped out of the car and headed…
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