Both have brilliant speed: Mantle was timed from home plate ( batting left-handed ) to first base in 3.1 seconds, faster than any other major leaguer ; ;

His first foray into television was a documentary for NBC's Omnibus, Dancing is a Man's Game ( 1958 ) where he assembled a group of America's greatest sportsmen – including Mickey Mantle, Sugar Ray Robinson and Bob Cousy – and re-interpreted their moves choreographically, as part of his lifelong quest to remove the effeminate stereotype of the art of dance, while articulating the philosophy behind his dance style.

Doreen Mantle described her character as " wanting to do the right thing but always finding out that it was the wrong thing ".

On August 7,, after Williams was booed for dropping a fly ball from Mickey Mantle, Williams spat at one of the fans that was taunting him on the top of the dugout.

In Ken Burns ' documentary Baseball, Mickey Mantle claimed that Ford gave Rose the nickname after Rose, playing in left field, made an effort to climb the fence to try to catch a Mantle home run that everyone could see was headed over everything.

Mickey Charles Mantle ( October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995 ) was an American baseball center fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968.

Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.

Mantle was noted for his hitting ability, both for average and for power.

Mickey Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, the son of Elvin Charles Mantle, a lead miner known as " Mutt ," and Lovell ( née Richardson ) Mantle.

He was of at least partial English ancestry ; his great-grandfather, George Mantle, left Brierley Hill, in England's Black Country, in 1848.

Mantle spoke warmly of his father, and said he was the bravest man he ever knew.

When Mantle was four years old, the family moved to the nearby town of Commerce, Oklahoma, where his father worked in lead and zinc mines.

Mantle was an all-around athlete at Commerce High School, playing basketball as well as football ( he was offered a football scholarship by the University of Oklahoma ) in addition to his first love, baseball.

Mantle was assigned to the Yankees ' Class-D Independence Yankees of the Kansas – Oklahoma – Missouri League, where he played shortstop.

In 1950, Mantle was promoted to the Class-C Joplin Miners of the Western Association.

Mantle was invited to the Yankees instructional camp before the 1951 season.

Mantle was assigned uniform # 6, signifying the expectation that he would become the next Yankees star, following Babe Ruth (# 3 ), Lou Gehrig (# 4 ) and Joe DiMaggio (# 5 ).

After a brief slump, Mantle was sent down to the Yankees ' top farm team, the Kansas City Blues.

Mantle was called up to the Yankees after 40 games with Kansas City, this time wearing uniform # 7.

Stengel inherited DiMaggio, Rizzuto, but he brought up Mantle from Class C to the majors, from Joplin to New York.

Mantle, Maris, and Bob Cerv, a utility outfielder, share an apartment in Jamaica, Long Island, not far from New York International Airport.

They divide up the household chores: Cerv does most of the cooking ( breakfast and sandwich snacks, with dinner out ), Mantle supplies the transportation ( a white 1961 Oldsmobile convertible ), and Maris drives the 25-minute course from the apartment house to Yankee Stadium.

As roommates, teammates, and home-run mates, Mantle, 29, who broke in with the Yankees ten years ago, and Maris, 26, who came to the Yankees from Kansas City two years ago, have strikingly similar backgrounds.

What is surprising and pleasant is that Mantle and Maris, under constant pressure from writers and photographers, are trying to be cooperative.

Mantle xenoliths have been described from Kachchh ( northwestern India ) and elsewhere in the western Deccan.

Mantle convection is the slow creeping motion of Earth's rocky mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the earth to the surface.

A midnight drive to Tulsa, Oklahoma, enabled Mantle to be treated with newly available penicillin, saving his leg from amputation.

When Mantle finally fell short, finishing with 52, there seemed to be a collective sigh of relief from the New York traditionalists.

Nor had the New York press been all that kind to Mantle in his early years with the team: he struck out frequently, was injury-prone, was a " true hick " from Oklahoma, and was perceived as being distinctly inferior to his predecessor in center field, Joe DiMaggio.

Over the course of time, however, Mantle ( with a little help from his teammate Whitey Ford, a native of New York's Borough of Queens ) had gotten better at " schmoozing " with the New York media, and had gained the favor of the press.

Although he was a feared power hitter from either side of the plate, Mantle considered himself a better right-handed hitter even though he had more home runs from the left side of the plate: 372 left-handed, 164 right-handed.

When Mantle played for the Yankees, the distance to the right-field foul pole stood at a mere 296 feet ( 90 m ), with markers in the power alleys of 344 and 407, while the left-field power alley ranged from 402 to 457 feet ( 139 m ) from the plate.

Over the next decade, Mantle would experience increasing difficulty hitting from his left side.

Mantle insisted that the promoters of baseball card shows always include one of the lesser-known Yankees of his era, such as Moose Skowron or Hank Bauer so that they could earn some money from the event.

After Mantle's death, Greer Johnson was taken to federal court in November 1997 by the Mantle family to stop her from auctioning many of Mantle's personal items, including a lock of hair, a neck brace, and expired credit cards.

Aside from Archie, Veronica frequently dates Reggie Mantle, who has the wealth and possessions her father appreciates, as well as a narcissism that rivals hers.

Reggie's brother, Oliver Mantle, appeared in a few comics including Tales from Riverdale # 201 in a comic called Meet the Brother Parts 1-4.

Mays and Mantle, both 10-year men at 30, have so much ability that, baseball men agree, they've never hit the heights.

Both were scholastic stars in football, basketball, and baseball ( Mantle in Commerce, Okla., Maris in Fargo, N.D. ) ; ;

Neither Mantle nor Maris is totally devoted to baseball above all else.

But since railroading and mining are not the highest paid arts, Mantle and Maris concentrate on baseball.

The stamp is one of a block of four honoring " baseball sluggers ", the others being Mickey Mantle, Mel Ott, and Roy Campanella.

* October 20 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player ( d. 1995 ) Morris Cerullo, American Televangelist

* April 17 – Mickey Mantle hits a 565 foot ( 172 m ) home run at Griffith Stadium in Washington D. C. Mantle's home run is believed to be the longest home run in baseball history by many historians.

Some of Bedrock's sports heroes include: football player " Red Granite " ( Red Grange ), wrestler " Bronto Crushrock " ( Bronko Nagurski ), golfer " Arnold Palmrock " ( Arnold Palmer ), boxers " Floyd Patterstone " ( Floyd Patterson ) and " Sonny Listone " ( Sonny Liston ), and baseball players " Sandy Stoneaxe " ( Sandy Koufax ), " Lindy McShale " ( Lindy McDaniel ), " Roger Marble " ( Roger Maris ) and " Mickey Marble " or " Mickey Mantlepiece " ( Mickey Mantle ).

Mantle is regarded by many to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players in baseball history.

During a slump, Mantle called his father to tell him he wanted to quit baseball.

Mutt drove to Independence and convinced Mantle to keep playing baseball.

On January 16, 1961, Mantle became the highest-paid player in baseball by signing a $ 75, 000 ($ today ) contract.

Mantle served as a part-time color commentator on NBC's baseball coverage in 1969, teaming with Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek to call some Game of the Week telecasts as well as that year's All-Star Game.

Mantle was a prized guest at any baseball card show, commanding fees far in excess of any other player for his appearances and autographs.

Beginning in 1997, the Topps Baseball Card company retired the card # 7 in its base sets in tribute to Mantle, whose career was taking off just as Topps began producing baseball cards.

Mantle also had multiple references in the sitcom Seinfeld, specifically the episodes " The Visa " where Kramer punches him while at a baseball fantasy camp and " Seven " where George Costanza wants to name his future baby as ' Seven ' based on Mickey Mantle's uniform number.

The stamp is one of a block of four honoring baseball sluggers, the others being Mickey Mantle, Hank Greenberg, and Mel Ott.

* Mickey Mantle ( 1931 – 95 ), former baseball player for the New York Yankees, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The town is best known as the birthplace of baseball player Mickey Mantle.

* Merlyn Mantle, widow of baseball player Mickey Mantle was a native of Cardin.