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 considerably better hitting for average (

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'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.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest second basemen of all time, during his career Gehringer, who batted left-handed and threw with his right, compiled a. 320 batting average and had seven seasons with more than 200 hits – a hit total never reached in a season by Ted Williams or Mickey Mantle and reached only once by Willie Mays.

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.

With Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra both out of action due to injuries, the American League champs still mounted a 15-hit attack against a parade of eight Cincinnati pitchers, the most ever used by one team in a series game.

Mantle so appreciated Miller's delicate literary style that he broadened teammates' minds by reading sensitive passages aloud during road trips.

Later still he'd be robbed on a long fly to center by Mickey Mantle.

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 remains the most recent player to win the Major League Triple Crown by leading both leagues in all three categories.

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

But Mantle was felled by an abscessed hip late in the season, leaving Maris to break the record ( he finished with 61 ).

At the time of his retirement, Mantle was the Yankees all-time leader in games played with 2, 401, which was broken by Derek Jeter on August 29, 2011.

Another Mantle homer, hit right-handed off Chuck Stobbs at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D. C. on April 17, 1953, was measured by Yankees traveling secretary Red Patterson ( hence the term " tape-measure home run ") to have traveled 565 feet ( 172 m ).

As a 19-year-old rookie in his first World Series, Mantle tore the cartilage in his right knee on a fly ball by Willie Mays while playing right field.

But Mantle was suspended from baseball by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn on the grounds that any affiliation with gambling was grounds for being placed on the " permanently ineligible " list.

In an autobiography, Mantle said he married Merlyn not out of love, but because he was told to by his domineering father.

" Also helping Mantle to make the decision to go to the Betty Ford Clinic was sportscaster Pat Summerall, who had played for the New York Giants football team while they played at Yankee Stadium, by then a recovering alcoholic and a member of the same Dallas-area country club as Mantle ; Summerall himself had been treated at the clinic in 1992.

Shortly after Mantle completed treatment, his son Billy died on March 12, 1994, at age 36 of heart problems brought on by years of substance abuse.

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.

The plaque was given to him by Joe DiMaggio, and Mantle then gave DiMaggio a similar plaque, telling the crowd, " Joe DiMaggio's deserves to be higher.

In 2001, the movie 61 *, produced by Yankee fan Billy Crystal, chronicled Mantle ( played by Thomas Jane ) and Maris ( played by Barry Pepper ) chasing Babe Ruth's single season home run record.

With the famous facade, the short right field porch and Monument Park, Yankee Stadium has been home to many of baseball's greatest players including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Alex Rodriguez.

( However, many of Mantle's left-handed home runs were struck at Yankee Stadium, a park notorious for being very friendly to left-handed power hitters due to the short right field porch, and Mantle batted left-handed much more often than right-handed, simply because there have always been more right-handed than left-handed pitchers.

The exhibit included clips of Ed Sullivan, a pioneer of CBS television entertainment, interviewing many of the players of the era, including Mickey Mantle and Phil Rizzuto.

Mantle was done for this Series, but would come back to play many more.

Although generally recognized for his work on He-Man, Erwin has many years of voice acting to his credit ( including, but not limited to, the voice of Reggie Mantle in Filmation's Archie canon ), and has provided voice work for many productions ranging from television advertisements to live action movies since the 1960s.

Gob had replaced many bassists until they found Craig Wood and " Wolf Man " Pat left the band before the recording of " How Far Shallow Takes You " so the band replaced him with Gabe Mantle formerly of Vancouver hardcore band Brand New Unit.

Baseball Hall of Fame members who played at Hi Corbett include Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Ted Williams and many others.

" He once listed ( in order ) his favorite names to announce: Mickey Mantle, Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Salome Barojas, Jose Valdivielso and Alvaro Espinoza ; and he expressed his special affection for the natural resonance of many Latino players ' names.