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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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Yankees
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Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.
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Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't feel that one strikeout was going to end the season for us.
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Ralph (Houk) brought out the best in everybody, and that included me. I consider myself lucky to have played for him.
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What did you say, Joe?
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Hey man! Get away from me!
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I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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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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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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Billy (Martin) wasn't afraid of anything.
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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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We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.
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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 always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.
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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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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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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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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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