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The best hitter I ever saw was Ted Williams.

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
Hitter
Williams
Baseball
Saws
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Ever

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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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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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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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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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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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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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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 don't care who you are, you hear those boos.
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You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.
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He said to play louder. He can't hear you.
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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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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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Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
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Those people don't know how tough that really was.
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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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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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Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.
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