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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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Mickey Charles Mantle
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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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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.
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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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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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He said to play louder. He can't hear you.
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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 was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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