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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

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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Glasses
Throw
Baseball

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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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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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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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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.
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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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All I had was natural ability.
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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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I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.
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If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.
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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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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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Butcher boy, damn it, butcher boy.
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Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.
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Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.
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I've heard about you. I've heard about you, too.
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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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What did you say, Joe?
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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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Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
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