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Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

roger_that Oct 20 2023 09:00 AM

The Mick would be 91 today! Just kidding. It pains me that Keith Hernandez's birthday would fall on Mantle's birthday. Keith is 70 today. And actually I don't know how old Mantle would have been today--that's just a guess. But Keith is definitely 70. Which makes me feel old, very old.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 20 2023 09:12 AM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

Today would have been Mantle's 92nd birthday. I hadn't been aware that Keith and Mantle shared a birthday. My girlfriend's son is 16 today. He has such a complete contempt and loathing for sports that he would not care at all that he shares a birthday with Keith Hernandez and Mickey Mantle. So I don't think I'll mention it.

stevejrogers Oct 20 2023 09:25 AM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Today would have been Mantle's 92nd birthday. I hadn't been aware that Keith and Mantle shared a birthday. My girlfriend's son is 16 today. He has such a complete contempt and loathing for sports that he would not care at all that he shares a birthday with Keith Hernandez and Mickey Mantle. So I don't think I'll mention it. Kind of young for that sort of vitriolic hatred for sports. I can see “eh, not stuff I'm interested in now, or ever.”. In a way I can see it more from someone that “learns” and “reads” more and decides there is more socio-economic sort of stuff going on with organized sports as a concept to feel that passionately against their very existence. Had he been the target of extreme harassment and bullying from jocks in school? Association with a piece of shit father or other family figure?

kcmets Oct 20 2023 09:35 AM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

Kamala Harris and Snoop Dog are celebrating today too. Probably not together, but ya never know...

roger_that Oct 20 2023 10:06 AM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

Bela Lugosi and Margaret Dumont, too. Possibly together.

Frayed Knot Oct 20 2023 10:43 AM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

=roger_that post_id=139677 time=1697814041 user_id=128] It pains me that Keith Hernandez's birthday would fall on Mantle's birthday.

It doesn't pain Keith as he, like a lot of sobs of mid-20th century America, grew up a Mantle fan despite being an entire coast removed. It's why his uni number always had to have a 7 in it.



It's also my parents anniversary today, their 67th, which they would be celebrating if they were, y'know, not hanging out with Bela Lugosi and Margaret Dumont.

whippoorwill Oct 20 2023 11:30 AM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

=kcmets post_id=139680 time=1697816155 user_id=53] Kamala Harris and Snoop Dog are celebrating today too. Probably not together, but ya never know...

When is Martha Stewart's birthday? They could have a party for three!

Fman99 Oct 20 2023 11:54 AM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

As was probably the case for lots of kids growing up in NYC in the 1950's, Mickey Mantle was my dad's favorite player.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 20 2023 12:24 PM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

=stevejrogers post_id=139679 time=1697815518 user_id=57] Had he been the target of extreme harassment and bullying from jocks in school? Association with a piece of shit father or other family figure?

Nothing so dramatic. He's autistic and opinionated. He feels the same way about soup.

roger_that Oct 20 2023 12:26 PM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

Frayed Knot wrote: his uni number always had to have a 7 in it. If you define "always" differently from me. His first two years with the Cards he wore 18.

kcmets Oct 20 2023 02:14 PM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Nothing so dramatic. He's autistic and opinionated. He feels the same way about soup. I have had soup like every weekday for the last thirty years. Let's keep this between us!

Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 20 2023 02:35 PM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Nothing so dramatic. He's autistic and opinionated. He feels the same way about soup. I have had soup like every weekday for the last thirty years. Let's keep this between us! I'm kind of with him on the soup, unless it's Manhattan style clam chowder or butternut squash bisque.

kcmets Oct 20 2023 03:37 PM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

Is 'butternut squash bisque' some kind of MAGA code phrase? lol...

Frayed Knot Oct 20 2023 04:32 PM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

Frayed Knot wrote: his uni number always had to have a 7 in it. If you define "always" differently from me. His first two years with the Cards he wore 18. Rookies don't usually get a say in such things, particularly back then.

roger_that Oct 20 2023 04:36 PM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: his uni number always had to have a 7 in it. If you define "always" differently from me. His first two years with the Cards he wore 18. Rookies don't usually get a say in such things, particularly back then. Just busting chops. My daily exercise.

Frayed Knot Oct 20 2023 05:00 PM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

=Fman99 post_id=139688 time=1697824471 user_id=86] As was probably the case for lots of kids growing up in NYC in the 1950's, Mickey Mantle was my dad's favorite player.

He'll, I was a Mickey Mantle fan even though really only being aware of him towards the tail end of his career. But everyone in those days, particularly New Yorkers, KNEW the Mick was the best player in baseball, even if it was no longer true and only sometimes true before that.

You think Jeter had an Amen chorus in the press?



And that feeling long outlived Mick himself for some. Jason Giambi took #25 as a Yanqui because those digits added up to 7 and he knew that would be a big deal to his father who was a Mantle fan.

kcmets Oct 20 2023 05:54 PM Re: Happy Mickey Mantle Day!

My Mantle memories are that he was a colossal drunkard. I used to go to his bar near Columbus Circle back in another life. There was a bartender there who quipped when asked if Mick was there, "yeah, he's in the back but but doesn't really know where he is."