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Time In A Bottle By Mickey Mantle
From the article “Time in a Bottle” by Mickey Mantle, readers can learn a lot of information about Mickey Mantle’s life, and how he overcame his difficulties. In this article, the author describes his success in sports, his difficult period of life, his addiction which caused him lot of problems, and how he recovered. From the time Mickey Mantle was a little boy, his dad had had a very big influence on him. Because of his dad, Mickey Mantle became a good baseball player. His dad had high hopes for him; he wanted Mickey to become the supreme baseball player. He did everything what he could to realize his dream. In addition, if Mickey did something wrong there was enough of just his dad’s look, to make Mickey feel guilty, and modify his mistakes.
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