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THEY SAID IT
Edited by Austin Murphy
April 03, 1989
?New York Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly, before facing the Mets' Dwight Gooden in an exhibition game: "His reputation preceded him before he got here."
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April 03, 1989

They Said It

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? New York Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly, before facing the Mets' Dwight Gooden in an exhibition game: "His reputation preceded him before he got here."

? Jacksonville ( Ala.) State basketball coach Bill Jones, when asked if his Gamecocks' 37-point win over Kentucky Wesleyan in the NCAA Division II tournament was beyond his wildest dreams: "My wildest dreams don't have basketball in them."

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