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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

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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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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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What did you say, Joe?
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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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After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.
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I can't play any more. I can't hit the ball when I need to. I can't steal second when I need to. I can't go from first to third when I need to. I can't score from second when I need to. I have to quit.
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Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'
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I never understood how someone who was dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world, but now I understand.
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I don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.
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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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