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Mar 20, 2020 · Mickey Mantle wet his bed until he was 16 years old. There was a time when people told the Mantle story like it was a fairytale; here was an Oklahoma miner who, through sheer stubbornness, raised ...
May 18, 2018 · Mickey Mantle. "The Mick," switch-hitting Mickey Mantle (1932-1995) won four home-run championships, a Triple Crown, and three most valuable player awards during his 18-year career with the New York Yankees. Mickey Charles Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, to Elvin ("Mutt") and Lowell Mantle.
Mickey Mantle was a star from the start, parlaying a talent for the game and boyish good looks into iconic status. In spite of a series of devastating injuri...
Nov 24, 2010 · Mickey Mantle was everything Jane Leavy remembered when she met him. He was the Hall of Fame Yankee, with unmet potential; the great competitor, with a smile as wide as Oklahoma. But Mantle was ...
Jul 7, 2020 · Mickey Charles Mantle was born on October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. Mickey’s father, Mutt, wanted his son to grow up to be a professional baseball player so he was named after Hall of Fame catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, Mickey Cochrane. The family soon moved to Commerce, Oklahoma where Mutt worked in the Lead and Zinc mines.
Home. The official Mickey Mantle website is the definitive guide to the life and times of one of sports most loved, most famous and biggest hitters in baseball history. The site contains a variety of biographical material gathered by friends, family and baseball aficionados.
Mickey Mantle, one of his friends said, "swung from the soul." He replaced Joe DiMaggio in centerfield, but not in the hearts of the fans, and was booed for much of the first half of his career ...
