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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 is regarded by many to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players in baseball history. 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.[citation needed] He won the Triple Crown in 1956, leading MLB in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in (RBI). He received three American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards and played in twenty All-Star games. Mantle appeared in 12 World Series, winning 7 of them. He holds the records for most World Series home runs (18), RBIs (40), runs (42), walks (43), extra-base hits (26), and total bases (123). He is also the career leader in walk-off home runs, with a combined thirteen, twelve in the regular season and one in the postseason.
Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931) is a retired American professional baseball player who played the majority of his major league career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility. Most baseball fans and historians agree that Mays was the greatest all-around baseball player to have played in the Major Leagues.
Mays won two MVP awards and tied Stan Musial's record with 24 appearances in the All-Star Game. Mays ended his career with 660 home runs, third at the time of his retirement, and currently fourth all-time. An outstanding center fielder, he won a record-tying twelve Gold Gloves starting the year the award was introduced six seasons into his career.
In 1999, Mays placed second on The Sporting News' List of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, making him the highest-ranking living player. Later that year, he was also elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Mays is one of five NL players to have eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons, along with Mel Ott, Sammy Sosa, Chipper Jones and Albert Pujols. Mays hit 50 or more home runs in both 1955 and 1965. This time span represents the longest stretch between 50 plus home run seasons for any player in Major League Baseball history.
Actors: Richard Masur (actor), Christopher McDonald (actor), Chris Marquette (actor), Phil Hawn (actor), Anthony Michael Hall (actor), Thomas Jane (actor), Billy Crystal (actor), Robert Joy (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Paul Borghese (actor), Bob Gunton (actor), Joe Grifasi (actor), Robert Costanzo (actor), Donald Moffat (actor), Bruce McGill (actor),
Plot: Summer, 1961: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle are on pace to break the most hallowed record in U.S. sports, Babe Ruth's single-season 60 home runs. It's a big story, and the intense, plain-spoken Maris is the bad guy: sports writers bait him and minimize his talent, fans cheer Mantle, the league's golden boy, and baseball's commissioner announces that Ruth's record stands unless it's broken within 154 games. Any record set after 154 games of the new 162-game schedule will have an asterisk. The film follows the boys of summer, on and off the field: their friendship, the stresses on Maris, his frustration with the negative attention, and his desire to play well, win, and go home.
Keywords: 1960s, anger, announcer, anti-hero, applause, asterisk-in-title, athlete, babe-ruth, baby, baltimore-marylandVerse 1:
Never thought to light a candle
Never thought I had to gamble
I was feeling Mickey Mantle... Wasted
Driving up the one and frantic
Turned into an old romantic
I was sleeping in the attic... Waiting
Pre Chorus 1:
Can't nobody ever see
Don't make a mess of me
I aint to old to give a shit
I can turn a train around
I can take your country down
I aint to young to regret
Chorus:
Forever, Forever, I aint to young x3
Verse 2:
I was in New York living
Waiting in the cold Thanksgiving
Hoping I could ever dare to... Embrace it
I can play a part uptown
I can keep my nose on the ground
Never though I'd ever care to... Face it
Pre Chorus 2:
I could never understand
I was just a foolish fan
Taken to the edge just to see
Who said your mother was right
Who said your friends were just blind
Who could tell you I was free
Chorus:
Forever, Forever, I aint to young x4
Ending Verse:
I was in New York living
Waiting in the cold Thanksgiving