Mickey Mantle

With the newest alcohol struggles admitted by Texas Rangers Outfielder Josh Hamilton last week, comparisons can be made to the Yankee great Mickey Mantle.

Rob Neyer has written a smarmy article in a pathetic attempt to denigrate Hall of Fame voters that have indicated they will not vote for any player who used performance enhancing substances.

Sometime during the 2012 season, Derek Jeter will break one of Mickey Mantle's New York Yankees records. It will be interesting to see how Jeter's historic at-bat is presented by the Yankees broadcasters.

Hank Aaron hit .305 to the great Willie Mays' .302. Aaron had an on base percentage of .474 compared to Mays' .484. Aaron's slugging average was .555. Mays' slugging average was .557. Think it's close?

I really don't know how this is going to turn out, but it is fascinating. To me, Mickey Mantle was the greatest player I ever saw (yes, I saw Willie Mays), but Carl Yastrezemski had some seasons that rank with Mantle's best.

The Yankees discovered what it was to struggle in 1965. Aging stars, injuries and a lack of young players resulted in the end of the streak of five consecutive pennants that had started in 1960.

The month was January, the year was 1966, and the decision was that Mickey Mantle was going to retire.

During the mid-1980s, some New York Yankees games were televised locally on Sportschannel, which was available only on cable. In 1985, Mickey Mantle joined announcers Mel Allen, Phil Rizzuto and Bill White.

Mickey Mantle was Tony Kubek's all-time favorite ball player. Kubek is one of the most underrated of all New York Yankees shortstops. He played for the Yankees for nine seasons and was a member of three World Championship teams (1958, 1961-62).

Mickey Mantle became a legend many years before he became a legend. It created many problems for him, some of which he was unprepared to face.

Mickey Mantle “arrived” in 1956 when he won the Triple Crown, but the truth is that he really “arrived” when his contemporaries praised his achievements rather than his potential.

The date was March 10, 1951. It was the day that 19-year-old Mickey Mantle played his first game in a New York Yankees uniform. The Yankees faced the Cleveland Indians in Tucson, Arizona.

In 1959, Mickey Mantle had one of his worst seasons. The New York Yankees finished in third place, a distant 15 games behind the pennant-winning Chicago White Sox.

Moneyball starts with a quote from Mickey Mantle: "It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life."

A former New York Giants football player who used Mickey Mantle’s locker when the baseball season ended, usually after Mantle helped lead the New York Yankees to another World Championship, opened his mouth and proved Abe Lincoln’s brilliance.

By now, even younger fans know that Mickey Mantle's 1957 season was underrated until modern statistics revealed that it really was one of his greatest years.

Mickey Mantle has had the finest back-to-back seasons in the modern era, which started in 1947.

Mickey Mantle's pursuit of greatness was hampered greatly by his leg injuries, but it was a shoulder injury that might have been more significantly in hamstringing his career.

Mantle became Mickey Mantle in 1956 when he won the Triple Crown, but he had a terrible temper when he joined the New York Yankees in 1951.

This is a short story called Mickey Mantle and Donald Duck. It is a very short look at these two icons of the fifties.

Mickey Mantle was a rookie with the New York Yankees in 1951. He retired a Yankee in 1969.

Mickey Mantle was a hero of baseball. He was one of the greatest NY Yankees and one of the greatest Major League baseball players of all time.