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  • noun A popular hero and champion in a field.

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Examples

  • MORET: For folks like me, who are not avid sports fans, the name Mickey Mantle still has come to represent the best in American sports.

    CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2003 2003

  • And Mr. Sandground calls Mickey Mantle one of the top-five players in the history of baseball.

    Mantle Autographs Not Rare, 2008

  • There were untold numbers of what are now known as Mickey Mantle rookie cards in that cleanup, turned to sludge in the bottom of the ocean.

    WHY is the FOUL POLE FAIR? VINCE STATEN 2003

  • Surrounded by sluggers such as Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra, Bauer was a major ingredient in the Yankees' success during his years in New York from 1948-59.

    Hank Bauer, R. I. P. Bill Crider 2007

  • He was the AL Rookie of the Year in 1951 and teamed with Hall of Famers such as Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and manager Casey Stengel to lead New York to eight American League pennants from 1951-60.

    Former Yankees All-Star Dies At 82 AP 2010

  • He was the AL Rookie of the Year in 1951 and teamed with Hall of Famers such as Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and manager Casey Stengel to lead New York to eight American League pennants from 1951-60.

    Former Yankees All-Star Dies At 82 AP 2010

  • He was the AL Rookie of the Year in 1951 and teamed with Hall of Famers such as Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and manager Casey Stengel to lead New York to eight American League pennants from 1951-60.

    Former Yankees All-Star Dies At 82 AP 2010

  • He was the AL Rookie of the Year in 1951 and teamed with Hall of Famers such as Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and manager Casey Stengel to lead New York to eight American League pennants from 1951-60.

    Former Yankees All-Star Dies At 82 AP 2010

  • He was one of three center-field greats -- including the New York Giants' Willie Mays and the Yankees' Mickey Mantle -- who helped turn the 1950s into New York's golden age of baseball.

    Duke Snider dies: Dodgers' Hall of Fame center fielder was 84 2011

  • If Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Cal Ripken and Johnny Bench could all change positions, so can he.

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011

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