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Trivia: 1950s baseball nicknames

Posted By: Bill Riles
Date: Saturday, 28 March 2009, at 7:23 p.m.

In Response To: Trivia: 1950s baseball nicknames (Marv Porten)

The Commerce Comet is Mickey Mantle.

Most regard/remember him as a power hitter.

He was one of the first, if not the significant first, switch hitter.

And, as I recall, he holds the record, to this day, of the faster player ever from home to first from the left side.

He was one of the greatest all-around players. Great arm, unbelieveable speed, great power hitter, great hitter for average.

He tore a knee up in the World Series in his rookie year and that compromised his career -- if you can believe that those numbers are compromised.

He also was a wild drinker and carouser which, doubtlessly, affected and curtailed his career also. He was from a family of miners and said no man in his family before had lived past forty -- so, he saw no need to take care of himself.

He said in his later years he had known he was going to live so long (he died in his mid-60's) he would have taken better care of himself.

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