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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 3522921, member: 10435"] As a child, it was definitely The Mick. In 1951, his rookie season, on a fly ball hit to right center, hit by Willie Mays in the second game of the World Series, Mantle was called off the ball by Joe DiMaggio in center field. He stepped on an exposed drain pipe injuring his left knee and leg which eventually turned to osteomyelitis where the bone actually bleeds. As great as he was, we would never know his true promise. Casey Stengel said he had the greatest talent he had ever seen. He was the fastest player in the major leagues from home to first as a rookie and had unique power as a switch hitter his whole career. Now, I have to say it is Diana. She is just a winner, pure and simple. [/QUOTE]