Old ballplayers don't just fade away, they can do Panasonic or Mr. Coffee ads. Or they can sign on as good-will personalities for Atlantic City casinos. Willie Mays, 51, kicked off the practice three years ago, when he was drafted for customer relations duties by Bally's Park Place Casino Hotel. Last week former Yankee Great Mickey Mantle, 51, still a part-time batting coach with the team, announced that he too was heading for the Boardwalk, to join the Claridge Hotel and Casino, at a reported $100,000 annually. Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, 56, swiftly and expectably stepped in to inform Mantle that...
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