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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
Mickey Mantle
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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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Dallas
Texas
Mickey Charles Mantle
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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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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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Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.
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Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.
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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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Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.
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You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.
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I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.
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The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
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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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The strain on Roger (Maris) was unbelievable. After I dropped out the reporters only had one guy to go to. They surrounded him everywhere he went. He had big clumps of hair falling out. That he went ahead and did it was unbelievable.
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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
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Hey man! Get away from me!
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People say Yogi (Berra) is a strange guy, and I've heard Yogi say some funny things. But he has a beautiful wife, he's rich, and he's famous. I don't see anything strange about that.
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I expected him to say, 'Hang in there' or something like that. It took me an hour to talk him into giving me another chance!
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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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Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
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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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I've often wondered how a man who knew he was going to die could stand here and say he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, but now I guess I know how he felt.
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