Their names are Mantle and Maris, their team is the Yankees, and their threat is real.

All Mantle needs is eight more home runs in August and ten in September, and he will establish a new record.

But one thing is for certain: There is no dissension between Mantle, the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1956 and 1957, and Maris, the MVP in 1960.

Mantle is not normally given to public speaking -- or, for that matter, to private speaking.

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

Of the two, Mantle is by nature the less outgoing, Maris the more outspoken.

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

( `` One of the reasons they get along fine '', says a sportswriter who is friendly with the two men, `` is that both realize Mantle is head-and-shoulders above Maris ''.

Mantle is a master at dragging a bunt toward first base.

Particularly famous is the Pratt Mantle, relatively easy but a classic mantle ; the Pratt Overhang, a classic off-width, an adjacent John Gill face problem, and the forty foot Monkee Traverse.

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.

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

Jean Warboys ( Doreen Mantle ) – Mrs Warboys is a friend of Margaret ( and a rather annoying one in Victor's eyes ) who attached herself to the Meldrews, accompanying them on many of their exploits.

* 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.

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.

Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones.

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

Mantle's off-field behavior is the subject of the book The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood, written in 2010 by sports journalist Jane Leavy.

" This is a role model: Don't be like me ," a frail Mantle said.

Mantle lamps are considerably brighter than flat-or round-wick lamps, produce a whiter light, burn fuel faster, and generate more heat.

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.

They were not allowed passage until the ferry had serviced all others wishing to cross and were forced to take shelter under " Mantle Rock ," a shelter bluff on the Kentucky side, until " Berry had nothing better to do ".

Portraits suggest intelligence but heavy features, and the playwright Thomas Shadwell writes in a letter in 1692 that it would have been better to have staged Nicholas Brady's The Rape in Roman dress, " and then w ' th a Mantle to have covered her hips Mrs Barry would have acted ye part.

Moose has done better at school when he needs to, and is able to understand complex subjects like algebra if people explain them to him enough — something which nearly drove Reggie Mantle crazy when he acted as Moose's math tutor.

For instance, New York Yankees great Mickey Mantle always considered himself a better right-handed hitter, but hit more home runs left-handed.

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

Mantle led the league in runs and walks, and batted a career-high. 365 ( second in the league to Ted Williams '. 388 ), and hitting into a league-low five double plays.

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

Mantle made a ( talking ) cameo appearance in Teresa Brewer's 1956 song " I Love Mickey ," which extolled Mantle's power hitting.

Mathews was regarded as one of the strongest power hitters of his time, often being compared to American League contemporary Mickey Mantle, in terms of power hitting strength.

There have only been three reported instances of a player hitting a home run over the left field bleachers: once by Mantle and twice by Gibson.

Neither Mantle nor Maris, understandably, will predict 60 home runs for himself.

Mantle, Maris, and Cerv probably share one major-league record already: Among them, they have fifteen children -- eight for Cerv, four for Mantle, and three for Maris.

If working in a zinc mine, which he once did for 87-1/2 cents an hour, paid more than playing center field for the Yankees, Mantle would work in a zinc mine.

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.

During the second game of the 2006 regular season, Griffey hit home run # 537, surpassing Mickey Mantle for 12th on the all-time list.

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.

As a teenager, Mantle rooted for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Mantle signed for $ 140 per month ($ today ) with a $ 1, 500 ($ today ) signing bonus.

Mantle hit. 313 for the Independence Yankees.

Five years earlier, in 1956, Mantle had challenged Ruth's record for most of the season, and the New York press had been protective of Ruth on that occasion also.

" The press seemed to root for Mantle and to belittle Maris.