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Topps206 05-12-2017 07:46 PM

Interesting article about new book on DiMaggio
 
https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/05/12/ya...r-never-let-go

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/05/11/di...o-book-excerpt

He really didn't like Mantle, did he?

samosa4u 05-13-2017 10:38 AM

Looks to me as if he was jealous of the Mick. Anyways, this looks like an interesting book.

The-Cardfather 05-17-2017 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by samosa4u (Post 1661020)
Looks to me as if he was jealous of the Mick.

Jealous of the Mick??? He wasn't jealous of him. He was incensed by the way he conducted himself off-the-field. Mantle was a boozing, womanizing a$$hole, who wouldn't have survived a minute with today's scrutinizing media.

A long ago co-worked once told me a story about when he was a kid. He said that he was collecting ballplayer autographs in some Washington hotel. (I assume that the Yankees were playing the Senators.) He said that when he approached Mantle with a ball to sign, Mantle literally slapped the ball out of his hand as he rushed past.

DiMaggio had more class in his pinky toe than Mantle ever had in his whole body. (IMHO.)

2dueces 05-18-2017 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by The Cardfather (Post 1662354)
Jealous of the Mick??? He wasn't jealous of him. He was incensed by the way he conducted himself off-the-field. Mantle was a boozing, womanizing a$$hole, who wouldn't have survived a minute with today's scrutinizing media.

A long ago co-worked once told me a story about when he was a kid. He said that he was collecting ballplayer autographs in some Washington hotel. (I assume that the Yankees were playing the Senators.) He said that when he approached Mantle with a ball to sign, Mantle literally slapped the ball out of his hand as he rushed past.

DiMaggio had more class in his pinky toe than Mantle ever had in his whole body. (IMHO.)

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