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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.

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
Boos
Choke
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Those people don't know how tough that really was.
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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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Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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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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