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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
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Dallas
Texas
Mickey Charles Mantle
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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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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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Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.
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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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I had it all and blew it.
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If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.'
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Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'
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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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The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
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A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
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Sometimes I sit in my den at home and read stories about myself. Kids used to save whole scrapbooks on me. They get tired of them and mail them to me. I'll go in there and read them, and you know what? They might as well be about (Stan) Musial and (Joe) DiMaggio, it's like reading about somebody else.
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I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding on every pitch, it never bothered Whitey. He pitched his game. Cool. Craft. Nerves of steel.
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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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I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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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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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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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 don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.
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