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identify7Howard: I never liked Mantle. He always seemed to fail when the chips were down.
Now I realize that a top hitter in a triple crown season will probably fail to get a hit about two out of three tries, and will only hit a HR 10% of the time, but it seemed that Mantle only did something worthwhile when it wasn't worthwhile.
He is a very popular player, maybe it is just me. I didn't like Ford either. He was the prima donna. It seemed like he only pitched if everything was right. Now I know that was not always true, because at least one year he had 25 wins (I think). And you can't get to that level by being selective about when you start. But was that only one year?