Mickey Mantle was a superstar and a great athlete. In about his second year with the Yankees, he was chasing a fly ball in the outfield and injured his leg. He never fully recovered. Had he not had this injury only God Knows what he would have done. Probably would have beaten Babe Ruth's record. I can still remember, it was about 1959, my Dad was watching a baseball game on a little black and white set. The Yankees were playing.
Back then, there were only 2 baseball games on tv every week, only on a Saturday or Sunday. Hard to imagine compared to last year, when there were about 58 games a week to watch on DirecTv. I was watching with my Dad and Mickey Mantle came up to bat. My Dad told me "He can hit right handed or left handed he is the greatest player in the game." Then, Mickey hit a home run.
I have read stories of Mickey, he was a wild ass Oklahoma farm boy in the Big City, he partied seriously every night. All the girls wanted to bang him, and he turned very few down. All the bartenders gave him free drinks. I mean, he died of liver failure. I have read stories where he came to the park so hung over he could barely walk. Manager put him in to pinch hit and he hit a home run.
Mickey Mantle was a superstar and a great athlete. In about his second year with the Yankees, he was chasing a fly ball in the outfield and injured his leg. He never fully recovered. Had he not had this injury only God Knows what he would have done. Probably would have beaten Babe Ruth's record. I can still remember, it was about 1959, my Dad was watching a baseball game on a little black and white set. The Yankees were playing.
Back then, there were only 2 baseball games on tv every week, only on a Saturday or Sunday. Hard to imagine compared to last year, when there were about 58 games a week to watch on DirecTv. I was watching with my Dad and Mickey Mantle came up to bat. My Dad told me "He can hit right handed or left handed he is the greatest player in the game." Then, Mickey hit a home run.
I have read stories of Mickey, he was a wild ass Oklahoma farm boy in the Big City, he partied seriously every night. All the girls wanted to bang him, and he turned very few down. All the bartenders gave him free drinks. I mean, he died of liver failure. I have read stories where he came to the park so hung over he could barely walk. Manager put him in to pinch hit and he hit a home run.
Imagine what he could have accomplished have not been an alcoholic.
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Du hast Rechts! He was a total alcoholic and died of liver failure. At about age 60 he was in liver failure, what a surprise. "Somehow" he went to the top of the list and he got a liver transplant. Docs denied that he got favoritism. Six months later he died of liver failure.
He had his Achilles heel but he lived a full life, I must admit.
Am not saying that his social/ingestion habits did not diminish his performance - MM suffered from Osteomyelitis in one leg - maybe both. He was not an Oklahoma farm kid. He was from the lead mining area around Joplin, MO.
Am not saying that his social/ingestion habits did not diminish his performance - MM suffered from Osteomyelitis in one leg - maybe both. He was not an Oklahoma farm kid. He was from the lead mining area around Joplin, MO.
Mantle was born on October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, the son of Lovell (née Richardson) Mantle (1904–1995)[9] and Elven Charles "Mutt" Mantle. He was of at least partial English ancestry; his great-grandfather, George Mantle, left Brierley Hill, in England's Black Country, in 1848.[10]
When Mantle was four years old, his family moved to the nearby town of Commerce, Oklahoma, where his father worked in lead and zinc mines.[9] As a teenager, Mantle rooted for the St. Louis Cardinals.[13] In addition to his first love, baseball, Mantle was an all-around athlete at Commerce High School, playing basketball as well as football. He played halfback and Oklahoma offered him a football scholarship.
Herschel might be from that same planet. Not humanoid for sure. Let's not forget Herschel was on the Olympic Bobsled team. He pushed the sled.
When I was a kid, Herschel Walker was signing autographs for a Fred Meyer's grand opening in Chico, Ca, from something like 2pm-4pm. I begged my mom to take me, and she did. We got there at 2PM, and the line of kids was around the store, probably twice.
I finally got to Walker around 5:30pm. I'm sure he was under no obligation to sign an autograph for *every* *last* *kid*. But he met me with a smile. I looked down and his had was swollen to hell, like a baseball was inside of it.
I still have the card, and always thought it was pretty cool he did that.
No idea if he's actually a good guy or not, but he made a fan that day.
Never heard anyone ever say anything negative about Herschel. Courteous, polite, humble are words many people I know that spent time around him use.
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I had to read them all, and not one of you guys mention the all time greatest that would be
BRETT. FAVRE. Hands down when the going was tough he got the job done!
Yup!!
Its all right to be white!! Stupidity left unattended will run rampant Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience
Its all right to be white!! Stupidity left unattended will run rampant Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience
Am not saying that his social/ingestion habits did not diminish his performance - MM suffered from Osteomyelitis in one leg - maybe both. He was not an Oklahoma farm kid. He was from the lead mining area around Joplin, MO.
Mantle was born on October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, the son of Lovell (née Richardson) Mantle (1904–1995)[9] and Elven Charles "Mutt" Mantle. He was of at least partial English ancestry; his great-grandfather, George Mantle, left Brierley Hill, in England's Black Country, in 1848.[10] When Mantle was four years old, his family moved to the nearby town of Commerce, Oklahoma, where his father worked in lead and zinc mines.[9] As a teenager, Mantle rooted for the St. Louis Cardinals.[13] In addition to his first love, baseball, Mantle was an all-around athlete at Commerce High School, playing basketball as well as football. He played halfback and Oklahoma offered him a football scholarship.
simonkenton7, thanks for this correction. I don't know the source for this but trust it and you for accuracy. I knew about the lead/zinc mining connection but, due to some source from the past, had the location about 30 miles away from Commerce over in SW Missouri.
Mickey Mantle was a superstar and a great athlete. In about his second year with the Yankees, he was chasing a fly ball in the outfield and injured his leg. He never fully recovered. Had he not had this injury only God Knows what he would have done. Probably would have beaten Babe Ruth's record. I can still remember, it was about 1959, my Dad was watching a baseball game on a little black and white set. The Yankees were playing.
Back then, there were only 2 baseball games on tv every week, only on a Saturday or Sunday. Hard to imagine compared to last year, when there were about 58 games a week to watch on DirecTv. I was watching with my Dad and Mickey Mantle came up to bat. My Dad told me "He can hit right handed or left handed he is the greatest player in the game." Then, Mickey hit a home run.
I have read stories of Mickey, he was a wild ass Oklahoma farm boy in the Big City, he partied seriously every night. All the girls wanted to bang him, and he turned very few down. All the bartenders gave him free drinks. I mean, he died of liver failure. I have read stories where he came to the park so hung over he could barely walk. Manager put him in to pinch hit and he hit a home run.
Imagine what he could have accomplished have not been an alcoholic.
Here’s a new one: Cotton Nash. Three time All American in Basketball at Kentucky. Got drafted in the second round by the Lakers and played a couple of years in the NBA. When done in the NBA, played several years in MLB, for the White Sox and Twins. His younger sister Francis was my age, and played basketball in my hometown of Leominster, MA. His Dad was one of my father’s patients.
Depends on what you mean by white, does both parents being half white count? The greatest I would say was Jim Thorpe but most would have or did considered a Native American. For me second would be Lou Gehrig.
Depends on what you mean by white, does both parents being half white count? The greatest I would say was Jim Thorpe but most would have or did considered a Native American. For me second would be Lou Gehrig.
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As i have posted; using skin color is stupid. Half and half? One third vs two thirds. Ten percent?
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“In Trump We Trust.” Right????
SOMEBODY please tell TRH that Netanyahu NEVER said "Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away."
Being a Georgia boy, I gotta throw Herschel there.
But damn, I don’t think even HW could of caught Bo in their prime. Bo was definitely a one in a million kinda athlete.
Herschel might be from that same planet. Not humanoid for sure. Let's not forget Herschel was on the Olympic Bobsled team. He pushed the sled.
The fitness he has carried into his older years is impressive. He and Trump are old buds as well!
Trump used to own Herschel Walker! When he played for the NJ Generals. 😜
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