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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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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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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.
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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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All I had was natural ability.
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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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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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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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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with 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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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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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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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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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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If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.
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He said to play louder. He can't hear you.
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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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Casey wanted us to stay loose. That didn't mean clowning around. He just meant we should be confident and relaxed. We shouldn't feel that one strikeout was going to end the season for us.
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