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Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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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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As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due.
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If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.
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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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If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.
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A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
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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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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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Hey man! Get away from me!
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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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Bravery is a complicated thing to describe. You can't say it's three feet long and two feet wide and that it weighs four hundred pounds or that it's colored bright blue or that it sounds like a piano or that it smells like roses. It's a quality, not a thing.
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