Mickey Mantle
MONTCLAIR, NJ - APRIL 29: Danny Mantle (L), Brandon Steiner (2nd L) and Joe Pepitone (3rd L) attend the press conference announcing Mickey Mantle Signed Contract Auction To Assist Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund at Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center on April 29, 2013 in Montclair, New Jersey.
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Here he is, national spotlight, big game, and he can't talk ... I was tapped on the shoulder to take over. And it really broke my heart. It made such a tremendous impression on me. To have that happen to the voice of the Yankees on a home run by Mickey Mantle in the World Series and to have it hit him then, it just showed me, we're all living by a thread.
Cabrera is the best hitter in baseball and Fielder is the game's best sidekick. Years from now, we may look back and decide Cabrera is Mickey Mantle and Fielder is Roger Maris. Or Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews. Or Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
A statistical comparison of Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays is a baseball analyst’s dream ... Their prime years occurred at exactly the same time, with park conditions and rules virtually the same for both leagues.More quotes »
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Anatomy of a weird triple play
's Johnny Roseboro and threw to third baseman Bobby Cox , who doubled off Tony Oliva . Cox fired to first baseman Mickey Mantle , who recorded the out against Bob Allison . It happened on a Monday night with 7,238 people in the stands.Friday's feat was remarkable Read more »
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Jimmie Foxx walked into the Heavenly Lounge. He grinned as he saw the Babe sitting with a couple of angels. Ruth’s beer glass was empty and his ashtray contained three butts of his favorite brand of cigars, Holy Smoke. It had been a good night. As the tw from CBS New York Read more »
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LLOYD BLANKFEIN ON THE WAY TO WIN — Thanks to everyone who packed the house for yesterday’s breakfast briefing with Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. For those who missed it, in addition to all his newsy comments (see below), Blankfein told a great stor from The Politico Read more »
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Free Fridays: The Last Boy by Jane Leavy and
In The Last Boy , Leavy profiles one of the most beloved, and troubled, American sports stars of all time. Mantle was blessed with incredible talent and skill, but cursed with a hardscrabble childhood and a propensity for alcoholism. His affable demeanor from Barnes & Noble Review Read more »
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Showing my 99: The Gretzky card I cherish
There is no nice or cool way to put this: my friends and I were nerds in high school, who found hockey cards more obtainable than, say, girl friends, so we collected hockey cards and rarely dated. Late bloomers, you might calls us. Or losers. Whatever. A from Edmonton Journal Read more »
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Book review: ‘Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball’s Golden Age,’ by Allen Barra
Fifty years from now, sports fans will still debate “Who’s the best baseball player of all time?” And two stellar center fielders from Major League Baseball’s Golden Age, the 1950s and 1960s, are likely to figure into some of the heated arguments. Mickey from Dallas Morning News Read more »
