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COMMERCE, OK — The Wyandotte Bears matched up with the Haskell Haymakers in game two of the Mickey Mantle Classic ... the Bears defense continued to shine with another diving play out in right ...
The city that helped Mickey gain confidence and return to the Yankees in Aug. 1951, after he experienced a terrible batting slump in July. Mantle was never a great defensive outfielder ...
"When he couldn't play ball anymore, a whole generation felt older. When he got cancer, a whole generation felt the fear of death," said author Roger Kahn about Mickey Mantle on ESPN Classic's ...
But, in time, that's where Mickey ... Mays and caught by DiMaggio, Mantle's spikes caught in a drainpipe covering. He tore up his right knee, and he never would play another pain-free game.
One of the best players to ever play the game, Mantle was a three-time MVP, a 20-time All-Star, a batting champion and a seven-time World Series winner. He is also a Hall of Famer, something that ...