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All I had was natural ability.
Mickey Mantle
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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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Baseball
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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 who have the fastest cart never have to play a bad lie.
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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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All I have is natural ability.
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What did you say, Joe?
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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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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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I leaned on him for support when I got out of the cab, and he just crumpled to the ground. That's how we found out.
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Every time I see his name (Dean Chance) on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up.
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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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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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Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.
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He said to play louder. He can't hear you.
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