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As far as he knew, I was dying.
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
Baseball
Dying
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I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.
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It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.
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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 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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Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?
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If I send the ball home, I know what will happen to it. My twin brothers will take it out on the lot, like any 20-cent rocket.
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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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Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.
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