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CHAPTER 7 Top of the Fourth: Billy Martin
108 “In those days”—Interview with Bob Wolff.
108 “Billy Martin”—
Id
.
109 “I just want”—
Id
.
109 “Pinocchio”—Peter Golenbock,
Wild, High and Tight
, p. 22;
Time
, May 11, 1981.
109 “They figured”—
Sporting News
, October 4, 1969.
110 “I have”—David Falkner,
The Last Yankee
, p. 16.
110 “I went”—
Sporting News
, July 5, 1980.
110 “Take shit”—David Falkner,
The Last Yankee
, p. 25.
110 “he was the only one”—
Sporting News
, January 15, 1990.
111 “Because”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, p. 53.
111 “Because of Jack”—
Id
., p. 55.
111 “punched him”—
Id
., p. 60.
111 “the quickest”—David Falkner,
The Last Yankee
, p. 37.
111 “get”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, pp. 79-80.
112 “Is that the best”—Peter Golenbock,
Wild, High and Tight
, p. 41.
112 “That little”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, p. 143.
112 “the sensation”—
Sporting News
, June 9, 1948.
112 “That fresh punk”—Peter Golenbock,
Wild, High and Tight
, p. 49.
113 “crossed up”—
Sporting News
, October 4, 1969.
113 “I never saw”—Interview with Tony Kubek.
114 “It wasn’t too bad”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, p. 155.
114 “You big busher”—Tommy Henrich,
Five O’Clock Lightning
, p. 272.
114 “No, no”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, pp. 51-52.
114 “was a loner”—Tommy Henrich,
Five O’Clock Lightning
, p. 24.
115 “What about”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, p. 155.
115 “You’ll be back”—
Id
., p. 141.
116 “You’re going”—
Id
., p. 142.
117 “Hi, pardner”—Bill Liederman and Maury Allen,
Our Mickey
, p. 23.
117 “my best pal”—Mickey Mantle,
The Quality of Courage
, p. 31.
117 “literally tore”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, p. 107.
117 “Only my friendship”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, p. 176.
118 “If you could drink”—Merlyn Mantle,
A Hero All His Life
, p. 16.
118 “Billy wasn’t”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, p. 96.
118 “Hey, Pinocchio”—
Id
., p. 85.
118 “terrible”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, p. 172.
118 “It should wake”—Peter Golenbock,
Dynasty
, p. 125.
119 “Enough is enough”—Interview with Moose Skowron.
119 “He was always”—Interview with Andy Carey.
119 “The Yankees”—Daily News,
Yogi Berra
, p. 32.
120 “I know”—
Sporting News
, March 3, 1954.
120 “Martin should”—
Id.
, September 7, 1955.
120 “I don’t know”—Billy Martin,
Number 1
, p. 189.
121 “I’ve written”—Interview with Bobby Richardson.
121 “mediocre” and “a beautiful present”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 63.
121 “deep into”—Tape of radio broadcast.
121 “by six inches”—
New York Times
, July 30, 2002.
121 “I had dodged”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 64.
121 “the first twelve”—Tape of radio broadcast.
CHAPTER 8 Bottom of the Fourth: Duke Snider
122 “felt like rubber”—Duke Snider,
Duke of Flatbush
, p. 86.
123 “I’ve come”—ESPN
The Brooklyn Dodgers
DVD.
123 “Here comes”—
Id
.
123 “He could swing”—
Id
.
124 “While lots”—
Sporting News
, November 19, 1952.
124 “I never knew”—
Boys of Summer
DVD.
124 “the most amazing”—ESPN
The Brooklyn Dodgers
DVD.
124 “I wasn’t excelling”—HOF interview with Duke Snider (2004).
124 “I wasn’t so hot”—
Sporting News
, November 19, 1952.
124 “I had been”—
Boys of Summer
DVD.
125 “is definitely”—
Sporting News
, November 19, 1952.
125 “You’re going”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 36.
125 “It didn’t”—
Sporting News
, November 19, 1952.
126 “The way”—ESPN
The Brooklyn Dodgers
DVD.
126 “It broke”—HOF interview (2004).
126 “I put”—
Id
.
127 “My number one”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 46.
127 “Success”—
Id
., p. 49.
127 “Judas Priest”—
Sporting News
, July 27, 1949.
127 “steel springs”—
Id.
, July 16, 1952; ESPN DVD.
127 “a straightaway”—
Id.
, April 2, 1947.
128 “be the player”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 18.
128 “I marveled”—HOF interview (2004).
128 “I think”—
Id
.
128 “Don’t embarrass”—ESPN The Brooklyn Dodgers DVD.
129 “I was a free swinger”—HOF interview with Duke Snider (2004).
129 “Duke was”—Peter Golenbock,
Bums
, p. 343.
129 “I was always”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 17.
129 “You two”—HOF interview with Duke Snider (2004); Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, pp. 20-21.
130 “a cute”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 69.
130 “It’s a great love”—Interview with Nancy Gollnick.
130 “super wife”—Interview with Duke Snider.
130 “taught me”—Id.
131 “All you need”—
Sporting News
, November 19, 1952.
131 “Make me”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 79.
131 “Mr. Rickey”—ESPN
The Brooklyn Dodgers
DVD.
131 “Pack your bags”—Peter Golenbock,
Bums
, p. 353.
131 “can run”—
Sporting News
, July 27, 1949.
131 “I was very”—HOF interview with Duke Snider (2004).
132 “I tried to be”—
Id
.
132 “the hardest”—HOF interview with Duke Snider (2005).
133 “Duke Snider”—
New York Times
, June 15, 1998.
133 “When I saw”—ESPN
The Brooklyn Dodgers
DVD.
133 “We plan”—
Sporting News
, October 15, 1952.
133 “What’s the matter”—Danny Peary,
Cult Baseball Players
, p. 34.
133 “We never had”—Interview with Duke Snider.
133 “Snider and I”—Peter Golenbock interview with Carl Furillo; Peter Golenbock,
Bums
, p. 349.
134 “was a magnificent”—Peter Golenbock,
Bums
, p. 349.
134 “If he had”—ESPN
The Brooklyn Dodgers
DVD.
134 “My problem”—Peter Golenbock,
Bums
, p. 354.
134 “Duke”—Roger Kahn,
The Era
, p. 25.
135 “Cripes”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 43.
135 “he certainly”—
Sporting News
, July 16, 1952.
135 “brought a crisis”—
Id.
, November 19, 1952.
135 “grinning”—
Id
.
135 “remember going”—HOF interview with Duke Snider (2004).
136 “a magnificent season”—
Sporting News
, October 7, 1953.
136 “jinx”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 141.
136 “showmanship”—
Sporting News
, July 7, 1954.
136 “was happy”—HOF interview with Duke Snider (2004) and HOF interview with Duke Snider (2005).
137 “There”—
Sporting News
, May 25, 1955.
137 “the most dangerous”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 155.
137 “No player”—
Id.
, p. 14.
137 “there’s nothing”—HOF interview with Duke Snider (2004).
138 “You guys”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 158.
138 “No, you’re not”—
Id
.
138 “settle down”—
Collier’s
, May 25, 1956, and Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 217.
139 “until it appeared”—Duke Snider,
The Duke of Flatbush
, p. 172.
139 “I wasn’t”—
Sporting News
, May 23, 1956.
139 “Chances are”—
Id.
140 “Every time”—Ken Burns,
Baseball
video.
140 “It is almost”—Tape of radio broadcast.
140 “There’s a drive”—Tape of radio broadcast.
140 “the shortest”—Interview with Joe Maglie.
141 “Snider is digging”—Tape of radio broadcast.
141 “one of the most”—tape of television broadcast.
CHAPTER 9 Top of the Fifth: Mickey Mantle
142 “Hi. This is Mick”—Tony Castro,
Mickey Mantle
, p. 268.
142 “This was”—
New York Times
, August 14, 1995.
143 “lived and died”—HOF Induction Speech, August 12, 1974.
143 “The feeling between”—Merlyn Mantle,
A Hero All His Life
, p. 42.
143 “I just wanted”—David Gallen,
The Baseball Chronicles
, p. 313.
144 “I hope”—Mickey Mantle, HOF induction speech, August 12, 1974.
144 “Don’t you ever”—David Gallen,
The Baseball Chronicles
, p. 313.
145 “Look at that guy”—
Sporting News
, January 31, 1951.
146 “The hell”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, p. 18.
146 “I think I’ve seen”—
Baseball Digest
, June 1962.
146 “How would you like”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, p. 26.
146 “Mick is the kind”—
Sporting News
, January 31, 1951.
146 “Right now”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, p. 27.
147 “He can make”—
Id
.
147 “had to put”—
Id
., p. 31.
147 “would like”—David Gallen,
The Baseball Chronicles
, p. 314.
147 “They put on”—Whitey Ford,
Slick
, p. 82.
148 “as the No. 1”—
Sporting News
, January 31, 1951.
148 “He was a real”—Interview with Gil McDougald.
148 “I like the idea”—
Sporting News
, March 21, 1951.
148 “I study Joe”—
Id.
, April 25, 1951.
148 “The kid has never”—Merlyn Mantle,
A Hero All His Life
, p. 26.
148 “I hope”—Yogi Berra,
Ten Rings
, p. 87.
148 “I couldn’t even”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, p. 44.
149 “Thank God”—Interview with Bob Turley.
150 “He was the perfect”—Interview with Tony Kubek.
150 “was more one”—Yogi Berra,
What Time Is It?
, pp. 19, 59.
150 “I don’t know”—Interview with Bobby Brown.
150 “He can’t throw”—Mickey’s Quotes Web site, p. 2.
150 “Casey kept bragging”—Tony Castro,
Mickey Mantle
, p. 50.
151 “if he wanted”—Yogi Berra,
What Time Is It?
, p. 133.
151 “So Mantle has”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, p. 57.
152 “changed forever”—Merlyn Mantle,
A Hero All His Life
, pp. 37, 89.
152 “I guess”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, p. 71.
152 “This is gonna”—
Id
., p. 64.
152 “and bawled”—Tony Castro,
Mickey Mantle
, p. 101.
153 “I’m not hitting”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, p. 67.
153 “I don’t want”—
Id
.
154 “Mickey, you do”—
Id
., p. 75.
154 “Take everything”—
Id
., p. 77.
154 “I got it”and “Don’t move”—Mickey Mantle,
All My Octobers
, p. 8.
154 “I wouldn’t play”—
Id
., p. 10.
155 “and let him”—
Id
., p. 9.
155 “Next to me”—Merlyn Mantle,
A Hero All His Life
, pp. 54-55.
155 “Go chase that”—Peter Golenbock interview with Joe Collins.
156 “a spectacular”—
Sporting News
, October 22, 1952.
156 “You mean”—
Id.
, November 12, 1952.
156 “Yankee candidate”—
Id.
, April 22, 1953.
156 “the saga”—
Id.
, April 29, 1953.
156 “just zoomed”—Interview with Bob Wolff.
157 “Everybody”—Bill Liederman and Maury Allen,
Our Mickey
, p. 117.
157 “565-foot drive”—
Sporting News
, April 29, 1953.
157 “landing with such force”—Roger Kahn,
The Era
, pp. 315-16.
158 “was the longest”—Mickey Mantle,
All My Octobers
, p. 46.
158 “When you’re young”—Mickey Mantle,
My Favorite Summer
, p. 9.
158 “capable of taking”—
Sporting News
, April 21, 1954.
158 “It ain’t”—Mickey Mantle,
All My Octobers
, p. 42.
158 “Telling Mantle”—David Gallen,
The Baseball Chronicles
, p. 315.
159 “has not yet”—
Sporting News
, September 14, 1955.
159 “That hit”—Interview with Bob Wolff.
159 “Mickey Mantle”—
Collier’s
, July 20, 1956.
159 “Baseball has been”—
Sporting News
, August 29, 1956.
159 “For the first time”—
Id.
, May 30, 1956.
160 “The thing too many”—
Collier’s
, July 20, 1956.
160 “I watched him”—Mickey Mantle,
All My Octobers
, p. 69.
160 “I always respected”—Bill Liederman and Maury Allen,
Our Mickey
, p. 142.
160 “If I could run”—
Id
., p. 80.
160 “Mickey might be”—Tony Castro,
Mickey Mantle
, p. 172.
161 “My father died young”—Peter Golenbock,
Dynasty
, p. 271.
161 “always remained”—Interview with Ray Mantle.
161 “I’ve always had”—Mickey Mantle,
The Mick
, p. 155.
161 “Of course”—Interview with Jim Cartelli.
161 “A big, soft curve”—Tape of radio broadcast.
162 “Boy”—
Id
.
162 “His brain”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 102.
162 “drives one deep”—Tape of radio broadcast.
162 “drop near”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 102.
162 “With his speed”—Interview with Yogi Berra.
162 “You can tell”—Interview with Clem Labine.
163 “Sheer robbery”—Tape of radio broadcast.
163 “It was”—Mickey Mantle,
My Favorite Summer
, p. 269.
163 “a fantastic catch”—Interview with Joan Hodges.
163 “the legs”—Don Larsen,
The Perfect Yankee
, p. 105.
163 “That shows”—
San Francisco Chronicle
, October 9, 1956.

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