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Posted By: Anson

There's no doubt that Mickey Mantle was a great player. But, I get the feeling that there's a lot of personal bias involved with your assessment. I've heard many respected managers quoted saying some pretty outrageous things. While the Mick had nothing to apologize for and most certainly had a lot to do with the Yankees success, I still believe that he benefits from being a part of the biggest market team in the game. Statistics can be manipulated but you would be hard pressed to make a case for Mantle being better than Ted Williams, or even Musial for that matter. I would take either in my lineup before Mantle.

Although I'm not a twenty-something, I think that age really doesn't bring anything to help support your point. If you've seen Mantle play but haven't seen Cobb, Wagner, Ruth, etc...play, does that mean that you can't make a fair assessment?

Mantle is a top-20 talent for sure but even the top-10 is a stretch. My opinion, of course.