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Growing up in smalltown Depressionera Oklahoma Mickey Mantle heard the sameplea day in and day out from his parents Get out of the house and play somebaseball Sooner than anyone expected Mantle was a New York Yankee in 1951.Five years later the switchhitting phenomenon was on his way to stardomcompleting the season with a Triple Crown for the highest batting average andmost home runs and RBIs. Hailed as the successor to the great Joe DiMaggioMantle felt the pressure of success and faced difficulties stemming fromphysical infirmity and later alcohol abuse. In Mickey Mantle discover howthis baseball great came to grips with his addiction becoming a role model forthe clean and sober life and is now remembered as an American baseball hero. «
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