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Hey man! Get away from me!

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
Hey
Baseball
Away
Men

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Those people don't know how tough that really was.
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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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Hey Yog, what time is it? You mean right now?
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The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.
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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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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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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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There are two kinds of people. There are leaders and there are followers. And I'm a follower.
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When I'm hitting, I'd play for nothing. When I'm not, any kind of money I receive makes me feel as if I'm stealing.
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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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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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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 know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.
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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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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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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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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.
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He said to play louder. He can't hear you.
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