Mickey Mantle Quotes About Running
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You might as well go in and start getting dressed. I'm going to hit his first pitch for a home run.
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The hardest thing to do in sports, I think, is to hit a home run.
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After I hit a home run I had a habit of running the bases with my head down. I figured the pitcher already felt bad enough without me showing him up rounding the bases.
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In 1961 somebody could've hit a home run to win the game and the next day the headline was about the M&M boys not hitting a home run. But everyone was real good about it. Instead of getting mad they joked about it.
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When I hit a home run I usually didn't care where it went. So long as it was a home run was all that mattered.
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Casey didn't easily forgive a guy who got doubled up on a hit-and-run play. He didn't see any reason why the runner couldn't take a quick glance back toward the plate to make sure the ball was hit safely.
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This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.
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Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'
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He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.
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Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.
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