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He said to play louder. He can't hear you.

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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Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
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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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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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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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He who have the fastest cart never have to play a bad lie.
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It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face.
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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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You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.
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Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.
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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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I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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His fielding leaves you wondering. Then he steps up to hit and all doubts start to fade.
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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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I had it all and blew it.
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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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The thing I really liked about Mickey was the way he treated everyone the same.
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The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's perfect game.
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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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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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