Mickey+Mantle-+My+Favorite+Summer+1956


 * = Mickey Mantle ||= My Favorite Summer 1965 ||
 * ===== Mickey Mantle was born on October 20, 1931. Spavinaw Oklahoma and he was named after the catcher from the Philadelphia Athletics, Mickey Cochrane. Mickey was an all around athlete in high school playing three varsity sports, Football, Basketball, and Baseball. In his professional career Mickey was a 16 time all star and a Gold glove winner in 1962. Mickey also added on 7 World Series championships and 3 Al mvp's. His first World Series came in his rookie season when he was only 19 years old. He wore number 7; witch was later retired after his playing days were over. He was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1974. Mickey Mantle, an all time great passed away on August 16, 1995 in Dallas Texas. ===== || ===== ===== ||
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"After the World Series we scheduled to go to Japan to play a series of games against some Japanese teams. The tour had been booked by the Commissioner's office, i'm sure in anticipation of us winning another world championship" (19).===== || ===== This Quotation shows how much confidence that Mickey Mantle has in his team’s ability but also how much the Commissioner has in them. He says this like they are on the top of the world and can’t be stopped. ===== ||
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"I enjoyed living in the St. Moritz, witch was one of New York's fancier hotels. We didnt habe anything like it in Commerce, that's for sure. Coincidentally, the hotel was located just a few doors away from where my restraunt is now" (48).===== || ===== Mickey Mantle obviously enjoyed the finer things in life such as this hotel. He rented this hotel room out every baseball season, and he built his restaurant next to it because it was a place that he loved. ===== ||
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"Everything Was going so good for the team, and me. In forty-one games, I had scored 45 runs, had 65 hits, 135 total bases, 20 homers, 50 RBIs and I was batting 425" (69).
|| ===== Mickey's stats were just a little taste of how good he was. He set many records and he wasn’t even playing his best ball at this time, the came a few years later. ===== ||
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"When Ellie joined the team, I didn't think anything about it. I figured if he could play, I was glad he was going to be here" (121).
|| ===== In this quote Mickey show just what a great guy he is. He welcomes his first black teammate with open arms and he wants him to help his team excel. ===== ||
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"We wouldn't have won in 1956 without Johnny Kucks (center). This is the day he won his sixteenth game. Billy drove in our first three runs and i hit my fourty-second homer" (n.p.)
|| ===== This quotation comes from the picture section in this book. He mentions the how he relied on his fellow teammates and how Baseball is a team sport and everyone plays apart. ===== ||
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"Billy and I were not superstitious-- well maybe a little -- but we still tried to follow the same routine for Game 4 that we did for Game 3" (191).
|| ===== Mickey and Billy were already attached at the hip at this point and they didn’t want to jinx their chances at another World Series. ===== ||
 * =====Works Cited=====

"New York Yankees Mickey Mantle" .20 Nov. 2009. Film. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE1-7z1tpOo.>
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