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Originally Posted by
Todd4State
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.
If i'm remembering correctly mantle insinuated that he could've easily caught that ball and DiMaggio called him off late and mantle had to lay off oddly which caused him to hit the sprinkler head even more oddly leading to what doctors now say was prolly a torn ACL. So he most likely played his entire career with that torn ligament in his knee.
"All my Octobers" is a great read about his injuries and his many World Series. I read it as a kid but a lot of stuff in that book sticks with me.
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