Posted on 03/25/2011 9:19:30 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
All I know is that long before steroids Mantle had arms that looked like they were made of steel cable.
A: A better batter.
Headline should be “The LEGEND of Mickey Mantle.”
Saga.
“All I know is that long before steroids Mantle had arms that looked like they were made of steel cable.”
It seems to me that muscles forged from real, back-breaking work, are often suprisingly strong for their size. I knew an iron worker that was about 5’7” with a slight frame, but he was strong as an ox. I think steroids and body-building might build muscle, but they don’t necessary build strength with the same effectiveness as real work.
I wonder if the author knows there is a difference in the meanings of those two words. I agree. It should be LEGEND.
I have vague memories of Mickey Mantle and Willy Mays. My dad was a huge baseball fan and he was smart enough to make me watch when I was just a little kid. By that time it was obvious Mantle was a special player.
RIP Okie. Hit a dinger up there in Heaven for us mere mortals.
The Mick was my idol growing up.
The Mick was my idol growing up.
Full Disclosure: Frank Robinson once hit a ball completely out of the old (pre-Camden Yards) Memorial Stadium in Baltimore; and once against the Brewers Eddie Murray hit a late-inning grand slam in Milwaukee that hit the upper deck and looked like it was still rising when it hit the bleachers...
Cheers!
Amen Brother.
Mantle was no myth. He was powerful and fast.
He’s a white guy so it has to be a “myth”
this is a true story....when Mantle hit his “tape measure” homer that flew 527 ft......he had previously been benched for not making the plane from Philly back to NY.....so he took a cab ,arriving at the start of the 3td inning.......and still hammerd
...Casey Stingel benched him only to pinch hit him in late inning where Mantle hit the tape measure homer winnin the game
....still hammered during the press interview, he was asked...” Mickey...what was that a fastball or a slider ?”
...without a nanosecond of hesitation Mantle replied “ It sounded like a fastball”
I had a yankee uniform and my mother had to cut a blue 7 and sew it on the back. I finally had to stop wearing it to the Stadium, however, because every time I did, Mickey was out of the lineup.
When I grew up in NJ in the late fifties and early sixties, Mickey Mantle was sort of a demigod, like Hercules. Some years later in the seventies, I guess, I was watching the Dick Cavett show with Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford as guests. Some guy from the audience walked up on stage and shook hands with all three of them, as an usher appeared at his elbow and Cavett gaped in surprise. He muttered something about not being able to pass up the opportunity.
That got a slow deep laugh. LOL
That was funny.
Would be great if I could find the video mentioned in the article.
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