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Mickey Mantle:
The American
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Comes To Life® |
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Answers to Questions 151-160 (Excerpted from the award-winning DVD, Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life®- The Lost Stories Special Edition. Click Here to learn more about it. Click Here to see an outline of the contents of the DVD.) |
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Robin Roberts and Warren Spahn. |
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Mickey's largest contract with the Yankees was for $100,000. |
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Although he talked about retirement during the 1968 season, the official |
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There have been four Mickey Mantle Days at
Yankee Stadium:
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Mayor Robert Wagner proclaimed Sept. 18, 1965 as Mickey Mantle Day in New York. |
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Mickey was banned from baseball in 1983. |
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Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn banned Mickey from baseball. |
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Mickey was hired as a greeter at the Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City. The Claridge has a gambling casino and baseball has strict rules about players who are associated with gambling. |
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Mickey was reinstated to baseball on March 18, 1985. |
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Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstated Mickey to baseball. |
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We highly recommend
Mickey's Videography™
Program: |
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