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He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.

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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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
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All I had was natural ability.
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Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.
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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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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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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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Every time I see his name (Dean Chance) on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up.
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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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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've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.
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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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Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.
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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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I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.
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If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.
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