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It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
Baseball Player
Dallas
Texas
Mickey Charles Mantle
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I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding on every pitch, it never bothered Whitey. He pitched his game. Cool. Craft. Nerves of steel.
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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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Ralph (Houk) brought out the best in everybody, and that included me. I consider myself lucky to have played for him.
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During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.
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The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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Sometimes I sit in my den at home and read stories about myself. Kids used to save whole scrapbooks on me. They get tired of them and mail them to me. I'll go in there and read them, and you know what? They might as well be about (Stan) Musial and (Joe) DiMaggio, it's like reading about somebody else.
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His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.
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Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.
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My biggest regret was letting my lifetime average drop below .300. I always felt I was a .300 hitter, and if I could change one thing that would be it.
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He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.
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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.
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We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.
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All I had was natural ability.
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I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.
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When I'm hitting, I'd play for nothing. When I'm not, any kind of money I receive makes me feel as if I'm stealing.
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