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Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
Mickey Mantle
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Mickey Mantle
Age: 63 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 20
Died: 1995
Died: August 13
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Mickey Charles Mantle
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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 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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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 don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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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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The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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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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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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Don't do as I did. I'm living proof of how not to live.
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During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.
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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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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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To get a better piece of chicken, you'd have to be a rooster.
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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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