Baseball Superstars Mickey Mantle pdf

... writing 4 MICKEY MANTLE Elvin “Mutt” Mantle sits with his toddler son, Mickey, on the porch of their home in Oklahoma. Mutt Mantle was an avid baseball fan and reportedly made sure that Mickey ... misery to take any note of the passing scenery.” BaseBall superstars Mickey Mantle 23 F ear, depressing and uncontrollable, now gripped Mickey Mantle the fear of failure....

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... Already, the Braves front office was buzzing about Jones, comparing him to baseball greats like Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, and Roberto Clemente. Although Jones may not have realized the magnitude ... major-league ballplayer to hit a home run in the World Series, bettering the great Mickey Mantle for the record. Mantle was 20 years and 11 months old when he hit his first World S...

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... itself, to propel any boy into a career in baseball, for it seems no country loves baseball as much as the Dominican Republic. It has been said that baseball in the Dominican Republic is more ... plastic cap from a large water bottle. They play baseball in the street, dodging traffic. They play baseball in a cleared sugarcane field. They play baseball on the beach. Albert Puj...

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... Links http://www .baseball- links.com/ Baseball Reference http://www .baseball- reference.com Historic Baseball http://www.historicbaseball.com/ National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum http://www.baseballhalloffame.org ... Black Baseball. London: Franklin Watts, 1994. Vascellaro, Charlie. Hank Aaron: A Biography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2005. WEB SITES Baseball Almanac...

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... personality and lovable character that allowed baseball to recover. He affected the game in other ways. His high salaries had the effect of raising pay for all baseball players. He was a cultural icon. ... zeal and remain today ardent baseball and Yankee fans. For that I am truly grateful to my father. He gave me many things, but none that created a common ground like baseball a...

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... bond with his family and was not ready to leave. FROM FOOTBALL TO BASEBALL Roger decided to set his sights on baseball. Playing baseball would allow him everything he wanted: being outdoors, play- ing ... Roger and his father worried about Roger playing baseball straight from high school. Would he benefit from playing college baseball first? College baseball would help take R...

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... bond with his family and was not ready to leave. FROM FOOTBALL TO BASEBALL Roger decided to set his sights on baseball. Playing baseball would allow him everything he wanted: being outdoors, play- ing ... Roger and his father worried about Roger playing baseball straight from high school. Would he benefit from playing college baseball first? College baseball would help take R...

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... the Baseball Hall of Fame five years later. After the Phils game was over, you would grab a bat and head down to the Piazzas’ basement, where it was time for some serious baseball work. Baseball? ... Mike Schmidt. Mike Piazza BaseBall superstars 23 Mike served as batboy for the Dodgers in Philadelphia for the next several years while also playing youth league baseball. At home,...

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... was there to play baseball. His mother expected him to play baseball. Maybe he was out of line, but one day he finally got the nerve to talk to the coach. “Dewey, you gave me a baseball scholarship,” ... child, Charles. Knowing how much William enjoyed baseball, it was no surprise to Catherine Puckett that Kirby found a passion for it. He played baseball every minute he could, wit...

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... first taste of baseball at Fort Campbell. His mother had signed James and Johnny up for a local baseball league—Johnny was going to play T-ball, and James was going to play baseball. The family, ... had the ripped physique of a 25-year-old, and he caught the interest of local baseball scouts—or “birddogs,” as baseball insiders call them. What they saw was a young teenager who cou...

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