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Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
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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After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.
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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 wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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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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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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I had it all and blew it.
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