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Микки Чарльз Мэнтл — американский профессиональный бейсболист, полевой игрок и защитник первой базы «Нью-Йорк Янкиз». Заслужил три титула «Самый ценный игрок» Американской лиги и принял участие в 20 Матчах всех звёзд .

Мэнтл принял участие в 12 ежегодных чемпионатах США по бейсболу, победив в 7 из них. Он по-прежнему удерживает рекорды Мировой серии по числу хоум-ранов , RBI , очков , уолков , сумме даблов, триплов и хоумранов , и числу занятых баз . Выиграл «тройную корону» в 1956 году. В 1974 году Мэнтл был включен в Зал славы бейсбола. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. Октябрь 1931 – 13. Август 1995
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“Later on they tend to get longer than they really were.”

As quoted in "IT'S OUTTA HEEERRE!!! : A New Generation of Sluggers Invites Tape-Measure Comparisons" http://articles.latimes.com/1986-07-21/sports/sp-26487_1_home-run by Ross Newhan, in The Los Angeles Times (Monday, July 21, 1986)

“If we were choosing sides and every player was in the pool, my first pick would be Whitey Ford and my second would be Ted Williams. Beyond that there would be just too many and I'd be afraid of leaving somebody out. Besides, with Whitey on the mound and Williams in the lineup, we'd still beat just about anybody.”

When asked "to choose the ideal team he would field if he had to win game," with "the stipulation that he confine his choices to one-time teammates and rivals"; as quoted in The Greatest Team of All Time: As Selected by Baseball's Immortals, From Ty Cobb to Willie Mays (1994), compiled by Nicholas Acocella and Donald Dewey, p. 121.

“I feel better than I have in years—no leg problems at all. But if I'm to get three more home runs, I'm afraid I'll have to get them right-handed. I don't know what's the matter. I've lost my confidence from that side. I've always been a better right-handed hitter than left, but it wasn't until recently that I really got into a left-handed slump. I just don't seem able to pull the trigger, hitting left-handed. I have no excuse for it. It's not my legs or anything. The ball just gets up to me before I know it.”

Speaking after Game 2 of the 1960 World Series, regarding his worsening left-handed batting woes—in particular, as regarded his chances of breaking Babe Ruth's World Series HR mark of 15; as quoted in "Mantle Figures He Can Break Babe's Series HR Mark if the Bucs Throw Southpaws" http://www.mediafire.com/view/6cqvl5q8trgqtg8/%20.png by Associated Press, in The Atlanta Constitution (Friday, October 7, 1960), p. 49.

“He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.”

Attributed without citation in Young, David. Breakthrough Power for Golfers: A Daily Guide to an Extraordinary Life, Wind Runner Press, 2011. p. 189.

“That horse had better win. I saw George get on the plane with an automatic.”

On George Steinbrenner's Kentucky Derby entry, Eternal Prince; as quoted in "Baseball Has a Double Standard for Beer Companies" https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/519946294/ The Capital Times (May 4, 1985)