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tbobI disagree with the downing of The Mick. We aren't talking Herb Score here, that he WOULD have been great if not injured, we are talking about Mantle who carried the Yanks to all those world championships playing with injuries that today would have ended careers early. Mickey was a great player. Easy for some of you guys to watch a few film clips of Mantle and decide he wasn't a Top 10 player, but how about a player and coach who saw him play in person during his career and played with and who coached against the likes of Ruth, Gehrig, Gibson, Mays, Aaron, Clemente, Williams et al. I'll take Buck O'Neil's opinion over some twenty-something kid from this board who never saw a single one of these guys play in person. Comparing Mantle to Mattingly is just plain stupid. Sorry. Now if you compare him to Mays, I'd understand, but Don Frigging Mattingly, give me a break.
