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= **Mickey Mantle the Yankee Years** = ====Born on October 20, 1931, Mickey Mantle became one of the greatest baseball players of all-time during his long 18-year major league career for the New York Yankees. Mantle was a “small town boy” from Spavinaw Oklahoma, and signing with the Yankees was one of many great things to come in his career. At the time Mantle debuted for the Yankees (April 17, 1951) men were eligible for the military draft, but a leg disease kept Mantle out of it. Mantle went on to be a gold glove winner, a 16 time all-star, a three time American League MVP and most importantly, a seven time world champion. After suffering from many problems, Mantle passed away at the age of 63 on August 13, 1995 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.==== ====//"When i was a kid, I used to work in the mines out in Oklahoma with my Dad for thirty-five dollars a week."//- This quote shows two things: The way Mickey grew up, and the kind of thing men in the South would do during this time. Mickey grew up working before he became a professional Baseball player, and mining was one of the things that men all around the country use to work with at the time.(Page 15) ==== ====//"My mother made every baseball uniform I ever wore till I signed with the Yankees. I mean, she sewed them right on me."// - This quote shows two things as well. Mickey didn't grow up in the best conditions. One can infer from the quote that his family wasn't very rich and his mom had to make his uniform. It also shows the great support that Mickey's family gave him.(Page 16) ==== ====//"It was a pretty neat time to win at almost any game or business: WWII was over, people were rushing to reclaim their homes and jobs and pleasures, television and the jet airplane were revolutionizing life, and the inflation of the war economy had made it clear that you probably had to win big in order to pay the bills."// - This quote simply shows what was happening in history and some of the things that Mickey went through as a ball player off the field.. World War II had just ended and people were going nuts. Being a successful athlete, Mickey did not have to face some of the problems that the average American had to deal with at the time.(Page 49) ==== ===="//People think that I was always hurt, but I played eighteen years and got in more games that anybody else ever did for the Yankees."//- This quote by Mickey shows the type of spirit that he had. He knew what people said and thought about him, but that did not bother him. He knew he was great and played many, many games. (Page 86) ==== ===="//We used to load it up with ball players all the time, and we'd go around Miami barhopping..."//- This quote here shows the type of things that Mickey and his friends did for fun once he got older. It shows that not every athlete is perfect and does everything right. Mickey loved to party and have a good time with his buddies.(Page 128 ) ==== ====//"He was thirty-nine when he died and I was only 19 at the time."-// T his quote is Mickey talking about his fathers death. He had Hodgkin's disease and passed away at thiry-nine years old. Mickey was only 19 at the time so it was very tough for him. He lived the rest of his life without a father-figure to go to at times, so that took a toll on Mikcey.(Page 190) ==== __** Conclusion **__

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From doing this project I learned a lot more about my hero Mickey Mantle than I had ever known. Not only did I learn about his baseball success, but I also learned about his childhood, the times he lived in, and how he got into the sport of baseball. I also learned about his life after baseball.======

media type="youtube" key="VE1-7z1tpOo" height="222" width="277" __** Works Cited **__- Book- //Whitey and Mickey An Autobiography of the Yankee Years//. Vol. 1. New York: The Viking, 1977. Print.

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Article- [|The Post and Courier]. Charleston, S.C.: [|May 10, 2009]. pg. E.4 [|New York Times]. (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: [|May 9, 2009]. pg. D.3//** key-mantle.com/Mantleldings **//

Video- "New York Yankees Mickey Mantle." Yanks Champs. //Youtube//. Youtube, 19 November 2009. Web. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE1-7z1tpOo