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His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.
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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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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Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
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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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Every time I see his name (Dean Chance) on a lineup card, I feel like throwing up.
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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.
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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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I had it all and blew it.
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It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
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All I have is natural ability.
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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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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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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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