Mickey Mantle: The Hardest Ball I Ever Hit

Mickey Mantle tells the story behind the "hardest ball I ever hit." 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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[curtisjones400]

They onced asked a famous baseball player that use to play in the late 1950's -if he were playing baseball today how many home runs does he think he would hit-he answered about 15-why only 15 homeruns? the baseball player asnwered i'm 70 Ha Ha

[lewearly]

@curtisjones400 That reminds of what happened when a sportswriter in the mid-1960s asked one of Ty Cobb's former teammates what he thought Cobb would hit if he were playing in the Major Leagues then (after the leagues expanded in the early 1960s). He thought a moment and said, "Oh, probably .300." The surprised sportswriter asked, "Why only .300?" Cobb's teammate replied, "Well, you have to remember that Cobb's been dead for several years."

[Christlovesanimals]

And all without steroids. Fuck you Barry Bonds.

[doesyourgodcomeinaca]

People say Mick never used performance enhancing drugs and they are all wrong he was addicted to pussy and booze.

[moosenstine]

@doesyourgodcomeinaca .......not illegal in most states..........maybe Utah.....

[PRican522]

1984 barry bonds with out steroids maybe 380 home runs to be fair

[johhnythekyde]

the ball was the way up wen hit the facade which is unreal if u think about it...im glad to share mantles bday

[elvispresley718]

@MLBcelebrity mickey is an immortal dr. phil is not!

[elvispresley718]

@doesyourgodcomeinaca exactly what ruth used!

[MLBcelebrity]

He sounds like Dr.Phil

[frankofelko87]

@Christlovesanimals YES YES YES U  R RIGHT...

[lewearly]

@lewearly (Continued from my previous comment): Mickey made a game of who could smash rocks the longest. Already strong from doing farm chores and jobs like digging graves, Mickey could go much longer than the other screen ape. Often he smashed rock for five or more hours a day!

There's probably no better exercise for hitting home runs than smashing rocks with a sledge hammer. Thus his nickname, "Muscles," and why the press called him "Mr. Muscles." He was one of the strongest players ever.

[joekoe97]

@lewearly My God that's even better than what I said. What a beast.

[lewearly]

@joekoe97 Mickey's father was a lead miner. Mickey didn't work in the mines, but he did work for the mines. One job he had was as a "screen ape." When the slag comes out of the mine on a conveyor belt it falls onto a heavy metal screen. Rocks of a certain size fall through the screen. The screen ape stands on the screen with a sledge hammer and smashes the rocks that are too big to fall through the screen until they are small enough to go through. There were 2 screen apes who alternated all day.