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Articles related to "Mickey Mantle"
Mickey Mantle: Yankee Legend A look into the life, times and death of one of the greatest baseball players of all time. mickey mantle • the new york yankees • baseball hero • world series • major league baseball
Mantle Loses Holdout Mickey would accept a salary cut of $2,000, but not more. He made $72,000, not $75,,000 in 1959. The Yankees' offer of $55,000, made Mickey livid. mantle loses holdout • mickey mantle refuses pay cut • mickey pay cut • mickey mantle season • trade mickey mantle
Mantle's Early Injuries Mickey Mantle's left ankle was hurt while he was in high school. His right leg was damaged in the 1951 World Series. They made him more susceptible to further injuries. mickey mantle's injuries • mickey mantle's legs • 1951 world series • yankees' scout tom greenwade • mickey mantle great centerfielder
Who Was Mickey Mantle? Mickey Mantle was one of the all-time greats in baseball history. As great as he was, some say he never reached his full potential. Here's a part of his story. mickey mantle • new york yankees • triple crown • roger maris • single season home run record
The 1967 Yankees: An Underrated Team? Comparing teams from different seasons is subjective because the statistics are based upon a comparison between and among teams in a specific league in a specific year. One can compare the 1967 Yankees to any 1967 American League team and reach objective conclusions but one cannot objectively compare the 1967 Yankees to the 1965 Red Sox because they played in different leagues against different opponents. yankees • 1967 american league • mickey mantle • apba baseball
Top Baseball Hitters of the 1950s After a decade interrupted by war, baseball returned to its full glory during the 1950s. Here are the very best hitters from the Rock n' Roll decade. best hitters of 1950s • top hitters of 1950s • best 1950s hitters • mickey mantle • willie mays
Under Forty is Not Bad Joe DiMaggio. That’s it. The team that has won more World Championships and lost more World Championships has had only one right handed hitter who hit at least 40 home runs in a single season. In 1937, Joe DiMaggio hit 46 home runs. dimaggio • yankees • right handed • 40 • babe ruth
New York Yankees Hitting Records Babe Ruth still holds quite a few hitting records. But as the heroes of the New Dynasty get a little bit older, they are starting to amke their mark on Yankee history. new york yankee hitting records • new york yankee batting records • yankee hitting records • yankee batting records • yankee player records
MLB Career World Series Records It's been said that truly great baseball players excel in the World Series. These players are the real cream of the crop among Fall Classic participants. career world series records • world series hitting records • world series pitching records • world series most wins • world series most rbi
Mickey versus Willie---Again Mickey Mantle was the most talented player of his or almost any era. The compararions between Mantle and Mays continue, but too many fans who never saw them play uncritically accept the view that Mays was the better player. Upon closer examination, that may not be so. mantle • mays • yankees.
61* - How about that... The usually cynical critic gets all sentimental about Billy Crystal's new baseball film 61*. He is truly sorry. movie • film • cinema • baseball • billy crystal
Baseball and Autumn in New York For ten straight years the World Series was played in New York City, usually between two New York teams. DiMaggio, Robinson, Mays and Mantle were among the heroes. world series • dominant new york teams • baseball championships • new york baseball teams • casey stengel
Batting Average is Still the Best One of the most basic, informative, and useful of all baseball statistics is a player’s batting average. For almost a century, batting average was the primary statistic used to measure a hitter’s ability but for some “experts,” that is no longer true. Batting average is sneered at by most “sabermetricians” because it is too simple and easy to comprehend. batting average • mickey mantle • willie mays • sabermetrician • baseball fans
Clumped Together to Confuse Us Yes, Bernie Williams has hit the most "postseason" home runs, John Smoltz has won the most “postseason” games, and Tom Glavine has the most “postseason” losses, but Barry Bonds has hit .245 in nine “postseason” series, yet he has a .471 World Series batting average, which is the highest lifetime batting average in World Series history. Who is confused? How about most of the fans. No, make that those who blend all the records after the regular season ends together. american • american league • national • national league • championship
Elston Howard's Great Catch Elston Howard, a great catcher, made an outstanding catch playing left field for the Yankees in the 1958 World Series. It led to the World Championship. series • howard • he • yankees • world
He Was a Better Player Than We Bleeps Thought He Was He was a fine player who is almost always overlooked when discussing Yankees second baseman. He was a sure handed fielder who led American League second baseman in fielding with a .990 mark in his first full season and he set a league record by leading second basemen in assists for six consecutive seasons and in put outs for four consecutive seasons. yankees • horace clarke • world series • whitey ford • american
How Necessary is the Groom? Twenty first century baseball has devolved into the era of the specialist. It is not unusual for a manager to bring in a pitcher to face one batter, which would be Buddy Groom?s role if he makes the Yankees. But once upon a time, a long time ago, it was quite different. yankees • world series • brooklyn • dodgers • new york
Poor Us Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle faced great difficulties during the 1961 season, yet it was Roger who passed the greatest test. roger maris • mickey mantle • 1961 • mark mcgwire • barry bonds
Sports Cards and Memorabilia Marry Patches of game-used jerseys and equipment on sports cards offer collectors and investors alike the chance to acquire pieces of sports history at a very reasonable price. game-used memorabilia • sports cards • sports memorabilia • sports autographs • baseball cards
The Better Catch Willie Mays made a great catch against Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series, but he made an even better one against Carl Furillo in 1951. willie mays • joe dimaggio • mickey mantle • yankees • giants
The Mentality of Mediocrity: A Chance to Win After Al Leiter, formerly of New York’s other team and most recently of the team that defeated a somnambulant Yankees team in the 2003 World Series faced fifteen Indians and walked five of them a few nights ago, allowing five runs in two innings, the lead story in the New York taboids bemoaned the fact that the veteran lefty didn’t give his team a chance to win against the Indians. yankees • world series • baseball • al leiter • joe torre
The Nineteen Sixty-One Yankees: They Also Served Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris each had an outstanding season in 1961, but there were many others on the team who helped the Yankees win. This article points out some of their contributions against the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series 1961 • world series • yankees • cincinnati reds • mickey mantle
The Trial of Pete Rose Is Cooperstown in Pete Rose's future, or are the transgressions of his past inescapable? pete rose • baseball • bart giamatti • hall of fame • gambling
Whatever You Say It has been claimed that one cannot compare baseball players from different eras, which is a claim that is absolutely correct, but it goes much further. Not only can’t we accurately compare players from different eras, we can’t even compare players from the same era or from the same season. All we can do is draw imprecise conclusions that are full of variables that cannot be controlled. baseball • variable • metrodome • safeco • a.j. pierzynski
A-Rod's' Incentives Are Wrong Alex Rodriguez's contract is merely another example of the disingenuousness that exists in society. Baseball is a reflection of society. a-rod's incentives • rodriguez contract • baseball reflection of society • a-rod historical milestones • championship season
The Yanks' 17 Runs Against the Sox In 1954, the World Champions overwhelmed a team that would finish 42 games out of first. In 2008, the struggling Yanks annihilated the team that won the 2007 Series. yankees • runs • run • 1954 • home
A-Rod, Ruth and Great Seasons In 2007, Alex Rodriguez had an outstanding season that compares favorably with the best of Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio, Mattingly, and Dickey. alex rodriguez 2007 season • yankees' best • best of ruth • outstanding yankees • mattingly batting average
Barry's Great World Series Bonds batted 30 times as his Giants battled the Angels in a memorable seven game set. Barry had 8 hits, including 4 home runs and 13 walks. He hit .471 with a .700 OBA. great world series • only babe ruth • bonds performance • giants angels • losing world series
Baseball's Top 5 Pitchers Here are the statistics and biographical sketches of the final five of the Top 10 MLB pitchers since 1950. These are some of the truly great MLB pitchers of all time. best mlb pitchers • great mlb pitchers • mlb's top 5 pitchers • baseball's top 5 pitchers • baseball's top five pitchers
Casey Wanted Mickey to Bat Second During his career, Mickey batted primarily third or fourth, but he also hit first, second, and fifth in the Yankees' batting order. mickey mantle batted second • mickey batted third or fourth • mantle injured • casey stengel batted mickey second • yankees were struggling
Cleveland, Not Boston: Part 3 Want some more interesting information? Guess who hit a home run off Ralph Branca in Game 1. Right. Robert Brown Thomson, the Staten Island Scot. Thomson and Monte Irvin hit home runs, Jim Hearn pitched a complete game, giving up only an Andy Pafko home run, and the Giants won, 3-1. giants • dodgers • brooklyn • yankees • ebbets field
Five Best World Series Since 1950 These five championship series were the best since the dawn of baseball's television age. best world series games • best world series ever • great world series games • 1991 world series smoltz morris • 1975 world series fisk homer
Forgotten Seasons Many players, some famous stars and some little known, have had a great season that is rarely remembered. The following are a few players who had such a season. willie mays • paul o'neill • mickey mantle • ted williams • rogers hornsby
It Wasn't That Easy But winning teams do what is necessary to win and that is just what the 1961 Yankees did. Not only wasn’t it as easy as some make it appear to have been---it wasn’t easy at all. It never is. new york yankees • world series • casey stengel • mickey mantle • roger maris
MLB Baseball Home Run Records The Home Run is Baseball's Ultimate Moment. Here are the all of the numbers and records that you need to know about the long ball. home runs records • most home runs career • most home runs game • most home runs series • most home runs by decade
Rickey Henderson's Yankees' Career Henderson played for the Yankees from 1985-1989. He was a fine player, but the Yankees have had many outfielders who had better Yankee careers. henderson's yankees career • rickey all time great • henderson yankees • ruth • dimaggio
Say Hey If Willie Mays played today, he would be the best player in the game. Virtually every day he played, Mays demonstrated how great he was, greatness that no statistical formulas can ever reveal. willie mays • mickey mantle • babe ruth • ty cobb • jackie robinson
Swingers For over a quarter of a century, most batters have been “aggressive” and view a base on balls as little more than a wasted opportunity to get a hit, but many years ago, before the era of the three run home run and leadoff batters who walk twenty three times in over seven hundred plate appearances (Alfonso Soriano in 2002), there were players whose primary purpose was to draw a walk. They were the “table setters” or the rally starters and they were not concerned with driving in runs. They were concerned with scoring runs. mickey mantle • jackie robinson • triple crown • walk • base on balls
The 10 Best Hitting Seasons Ever With so many great seasons by so many great MLB players to choose from, it's hard to narrow the best seasons ever down to just ten. Here's a shot, though. best mlb hitters • top mlb hitters • great offensive years • best hitting years • best hitting seasons
The 1927 New York Yankees According to many, this was the greatest team in baseball history. Here is a brief summary of the players that led the team to eternal greatness. 1927 new york yankees • new york yankees • murderers row • best baseball team ever • best baseball team
The 1969 Yankees' Pennant Chances On February 16, the New York Times presented its 1969 American League projections. The consensus was that the Yankees' chances of contending were not good. 1969 yankees • new york pitching • 1969 american league • american league • manager ralph houk
Three-Time MLB Baseball MVPs Jimmie Foxx was the first three time winner, and Alex Rodriguez is the most recent to accomplish the feat, but Barry Bonds has more MVP trophies than anyone else. three time mvp award winners • three time mvp winners • jimmie foxx three mvps • joe dimaggio three mvps • stan musial three mvps
Top 10 Baseball Nicknames Almost everybody who plays in the MLB gets a nickname at some point. Here are ten of the best baseball nicknames along with the origin and meaning behind each one. top 10 baseball nicknames • baseball nicknames • great baseball nicknames • best baseball nicknames • 1919 balck sox scandal
We Let George Do It---For Two Seasons The New York Times, September 16, 1958. Following are the sketches of the identified dead persons and those believed to be missing in the Jersey Central train accident yesterday: new york yankees • yankees • george stirnweiss • world series • joe dimaggio
Yankees Will Make Some Changes The Yankees hope to make the team a little better than last year by switching Kenney and Murcer to new positions. yankees make changes • new york manager • switch players' position • better than last year • yankees won
Mantle Mickey Mantle was great but only those who saw him play know just how important he was to his team. mantle • yankees • musial • westchester • aaron
GANGSTER REVISITED: A BRONX TALE, CARLITO'S WAY A look at A BRONX TALE and CARLITO'S WAY, two films where Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino, respectively, revisit the genre that made them famous. movies • reviews • a bronx tale • carlito's way
Yes, Virginia, the Yankees Once Were A Bad Team It seems like ancient history but it wasn’t that long ago. The Yankees really did have some awful seasons for long stretches at a time. From 1965 until 1976 the Yankees won nothing and for many of those years they were really bad. The hard times arrived suddenly but in retrospect they should have been anticipated. yankees • mantle • maris • ford • howard
A Whole Team that Belongs in the Hall Why the New York Yankees deserve their own wing in the Baseball Hall of Fame. a whole team that belongs in the hall • halls of fame are reserved for individuals and the • setting records warrant consideration for inductio • new york yankees • rizzuto
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