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Word: mickey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...next night in St. Louis it was the turn of another pitcher, a righthander this time, to face New York's No. 7. To gain the slight advantage which lefthanded batters are religiously believed to enjoy against righthanded pitchers (and vice versa), switch-hitting Mickey Mantle batted lefthanded. He let four pitches go by, then drove the fifth into the right center-field stands 405 feet for another homer. All in all. Mantle's week was an excellent demonstration of why pitchers turn grey. It was also one of several good reasons why the 1953 New York Yankees have opened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Man on Olympus | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

...today full of a rich and understandable satisfaction. The Olympian Joe DiMaggio is gone, and there will never be another DiMaggio?just as there has never been another Babe Ruth or another Lou Gehrig (Yankees all). But with only one full season in the major leagues to his credit, Mickey Mantle already shows signs that he may be another Olympian in the making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Man on Olympus | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

...heard about you," said the duke. Said Mickey, embarrassed but not to be outdone: "I've heard about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Man on Olympus | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

With endorsements and personal appearances, he stands to earn about $30,000 above his salary this year. After one television appearance, for which he got $400 for speaking a few lines, Mickey said: "My father used to kill himself for eight weeks earning that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Man on Olympus | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

...Star Is Born. Mickey Charles Mantle, born and raised in Oklahoma, was dedicated to the major leagues before he was even born. His father, Elven Charles Mantle, known as "Mutt," spent most of his working life in the Oklahoma lead and zinc mines around Commerce (pop. 2,442), but the big interest of his life was baseball. Mutt Mantle had been a sandlot player; Mutt's son was to be a big-leaguer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Man on Olympus | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

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