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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.

Mickey Mantle

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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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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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I never got to see the '27 Yankees. Everyone says that was the greatest team ever. But I think it would've been a great series if we'd have had the chance to play them.
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It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.
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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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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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My dad taught me to switch-hit. He and my grandfather, who was left-handed, pitched to me every day after school in the back yard. I batted lefty against my dad and righty against my granddad.
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He who have the fastest cart never have to play a bad lie.
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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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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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I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.
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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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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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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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Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
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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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