Mickey Mantle reaserch paper by Stefanos DeAngelis

hardworking;It was a brisk October day, one that saw Commerce High School sophomore Mickey Mantle charging hard, playing his second-favorite sport—football.
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hardworking;It was a brisk October day, one that saw Commerce High School sophomore Mickey Mantle charging hard, playing his second-favorite sport—football.
Reis, Ronald A. "Father Knows Best." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94703>.
hardworking: It was late in the year, yet Mantle was getting a taste of the majors. And the big leaguers were getting an eyeful of him
Reis, Ronald A. "Country Bumpkin." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94704>.
hardworkingWith little to do in the evenings, Mantle would sometimes head off down the street from his hotel and play a little stickball with the locals. It was basically a game of seeing how far you could hit the ball. Distance was measured in how many manhole covers (sewers), placed 90 feet (27 meters) apart, one could span. :
Reis, Ronald A. "Country Bumpkin." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94704>.
hardworking: The next day Mantle hit a double, a triple, and two home runs.
Reis, Ronald A. "Fear Factor." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94705>.
hardworking: was small, all the sacrifices he had made so I could play ball when other boys were working in the mines, all the painstaking instruction he had provided—all these would have been thrown away if he had not been there that night to put the iron into my spine when it was needed most.":
Reis, Ronald A. "Fear Factor." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94705>.
talented: Mantle would hit for a higher average the following year, .365. And in 1961, he would smash more home runs than he did in 1956, clobbering 54.
Reis, Ronald A. "Yankee Superstar." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94707>.
talented:The Dodgers, to their credit, picked up the pieces and came back to win the sixth game. The Yankees, though, put it away in the seventh contest. A perfect ending to a perfect season. Mickey Mantle's favorite summer.
Reis, Ronald A. "Yankee Superstar." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94707>.
talented: Mantle, indeed, was making good money the year after winning the Triple Crown. In 1957, he signed a contract for $60,000.
Reis, Ronald A. "A Rookie no More." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94708>
talented: "He wanted me to be the greatest player of all time, and he may have wanted that more than I wanted it for myself."
Reis, Ronald A. "A Rookie no More." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94708>
talented: 1960, he came to the Yankees, where he led the league in slugging percentage and RBIs, and finished second behind Mantle in home runs and total bases.
Reis, Ronald A. "Home-Run Derby." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94709>
In looking back at the season and the home-run derby, Mantle was insightful. "They wouldn't forgive Roger for not being Babe Ruth," he reflected in All My Octobers. "They finally forgave me for not being Joe DiMaggio.Reis, Ronald A. "Home-Run Derby." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94709>.Together in 1961, Maris and Mantle, who would soon become known as the M&M boys, hit an astonishing 115 home runs for the season. That broke the Ruth-Gehrig mark of 107, set in 1927.Reis, Ronald A. "Home-Run Derby." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94709>For the first time they saw me as an underdog, making it a race, playing hurt. In a way I had not heard before, they cheered me for what I did and what I might have done."Reis, Ronald A. "Home-Run Derby." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94709>.True, Mantle would hit for a higher average the following year, .365. And in 1961, he would smash more home runs than he did in 1956, clobbering 54. Yet it was 1956 that saw all phases of his game come together.Reis, Ronald A. "Yankee Superstar." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94707>The record speaks for itself. Mantle would win the American League's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. He would beat out Ted Williams for the batting championship. And the "Oklahoma Kid" would become only one of a dozen major leaguers in history to win the coveted Triple Crown, leading with a .353 batting average, 52 home runs, and 130 RBIs. "Everything just seemed to go right for meReis, Ronald A. "Yankee Superstar." Chelsea House Biographies Online. Chelsea House. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://bio.infobaselearning.com/recordurl.aspx?wid=19864&nid=94707>