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Mickey Mantle Biography

Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed The Commerce Comet and The Mick, was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees as a center fielder and first baseman, from 1951 through 1968. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers, and is regarded by many as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.

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As far as he knew, I was dying.

Baseball, Dying

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

Baseball, Hear, Play, Said

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.

Baseball, Big, Fall, Hair, Roger, Unbelievable

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

Baseball, Courage, Coward, Hide, Sports, Teamwork

He foresaw the platooning that managers like Casey Stengel used years before it happened. He told me I had to be a switch-hitter if I was going to play.

Baseball, Foresaw, Like, Play, Used, Years

I never saw him fight. I never saw Billy fight.

Baseball, Billy, Fight, Fighting, Saw, Saws

Not after all the time my dad spent teaching me to switch-hit.

Baseball, Dad, Spent, Teaching, Time

Stay away from drugs and alcohol. Listen to your moms and dads. In this great country of ours you do whatever you set your mind to. Make us proud of you.

Alcohol, Away, Baseball, Country, Listen, Mom

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.

Ball, Baseball, Bases, Running, Sports, Tough

I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.

Baseball, Boos, Care, Hear, Take A Deep Breath

The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees.

Baseball, Team, Mean, Yankees, Saw

Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.

Baseball, Guy, Guys, Keeps, Man, Men

My views are just about the same as Casey's.

Baseball, Same, Views

It was the single greatest feat I ever saw.

Baseball, Feats, Greatest, Saw, Saws, Single

What did you say, Joe?

Baseball, Joe, Say

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 seven years without ever hitting the ball.

1800, Ball, Ballplayer, Baseball, Mean, Sports

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.

Century, Hero, Player, Question, Sports, Way

You don't have to talk to me about pensions. I won't be around long enough to collect one.

Collect, Enough, Long, Pensions, Talk To Me

All I have is natural ability.

Ability, Baseball, Natural

After they remodeled Yankee Stadium I didn't feel that the ghosts were there anymore. It just wasn't the same.

Anymore, Baseball, Stadium, Yankee, Yankee Stadium, Yankees

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