Mickey Mantle: My Knee Injury in the 1951 World Series
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- Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2008
- Mickey Mantle tells the story about his knee injury in the 1951 World Series. Excerpted from the award-winning program, Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life®. Available on DVD at 1-800-THE MICK / www.themick.com.
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Every word he says is with such humility and charm, man this guy had character!
amazing. he took a cab to the hospital. no ambulance no team doctor. no wheelchair, stretcher.
I was at mickey mantle day in June 1969. Still have my ticket stub. Mantle was god to us kids in the 60s. Some quick thoughts. Imagine if mantle didn't get hurt in 51. Imagine if Joe d and ted Williams didn't give 4 or 5 of their prime years to ww2? Imagine if babe Ruth didn't "waste" 6 years as a pitcher. He'd have 1000 homers. Something to ponder. cy young won 511 career games. For a pitcher to even approach that, if he won 20 games, 20 years in a row...that would only be 400 wins. Amazing
A groundskeeper forgot the cover on the drain that day. That's whose fault it was
Mickey's drinking and all night partying limted him much more than this injury, though which undoubtedly reduced his speed. they say he could run from batters box to 1B faster than anyone at that time. was just an amazing player and talent
this was mentioned in the film 61. mickeys character got pissed off when he heard joes coming back and do opening pitch.
@Letterman0412 Mickey himself commented that if he had had a chance to play in Atlanta Stadium when Hank Aaron had his great home run years instead of Yankee Stadium, he would have had a chance for 700+ career home runs in the Majors.
@pokemonree1 -- Would be? he is in the top 3. I'd say Babe, Mantle, and Mays are top 3. But I honestly believe Mickey is the greatest ballplayer who ever played. He did so much during his career while he was so hurt. Without the injuries, he would absolutely have broken Babe Ruth's career Hr record and who knows what else. As great as he is considered to be, he is still very underrated. #7> Anyone
In the 50's, Mantle. Because Mays didn't hit his took it to another level in the 60's.
Mays or Mantle if you were a GM who do you sign in the 50's ?
I used to be a baseball player like you, then I took an arrow in the knee...
pry would of hit over 800 home runs.
very simple: dimaggio hot dogged it all right: he waltzed over to catch a ball seeing Mantle coming on and only at the last moment yelled I got it, causing Mantle to lurch to a stop, snag his foot on a sprinkler and thus began the series of injuries which the int ital one compounded in short without di maggios grandstanding, Mantle might well have become the best of all ever, thanks Joe
@doctornoooo I don't think that's correct. Joe D was famous for NOT hot-dogging; he was famous for making every catch look graceful and easy; he was always moving when a batter was at the plate, watching the pitches and swings and anticipating where a ball would go. I've read a couple books on Joe D and am aware he was not a very nice guy, but Tommy Henrich (sp?) told Mickey, "You play OFF the Dago; you don't run for balls that he can catch." Really, Mickey did this to himself, unfortunately.