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She’s Got Game

There’s a John Fogerty song from the 1980s, “Centerfield,” and the first line of the refrain is, “Oh, put me in, coach, I’m ready to play today!” At 96, Maybelle Blair is ready to play, in fact she might be at the top of her game.

“I feel like I’m on top of the world. In fact, I really am. This is probably one of the happiest days of my life,” she said after the New York Mets and their Amazin’ Mets Foundation presented their

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