Quote Originally Posted by dawgday166 View Post
Never saw Mick play or many of his highlights. I read he was pretty good on D too tho. You reckon he in top 3 or 4 with Mays, Jones, Dimaggio maybe?
Urban legend is DiMaggio was jealous of Mantle when the Mick first came up. Apparently one time there was a fly ball hit to the OF and DiMaggio didn't warn the Mick about a sprinkler head in the area and Mantle tripped over it and tore his knee up. Not sure how accurate that totally is.