Big EW Interview With Melissa Benoist About The End Of Supergirl.

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Kind of off topic, but indulge me for a moment. The baseball discussion mentioning Harmon Killebrew brought back memories of summer days as a teen-ager watching the Minnesota Twins at the old ballpark, Metropolitan Stadium. Many times I watched as Killebrew launched one of his high, arcing home runs into the left field seats. One reached the second deck, making it the longest home run ever hit at "The Met." The seat where it landed is now mounted on a wall at the Mall of America, which stands on the site of the old ballpark.

When I was a kid I saw Harmon when he was with the old Washington Senators. He was one of the most powerful right handed hitters in all of Baseball. He was one of my all time favorite ballplayers. Only Ruth had a higher home run percentage per a bat then Harmon.
There are 2 records that will never be broken and they belong to Mickey Mantle. He hit the longest home run on record in Washington when it went out of the stadium a few blocks away which measured 565 feet. And the other record is his 18 home runs in World Series play. When the Mick came up to the plate you stopped what you were doing because you didn't know what was going to happen. When batting lefty he could lay down a bunt and with his blazing speed he would beat it out or he could hit a 500 foot home run into the center field bleachers in Yankee Stadium.

July 20,1969 "Oh My God" "The Americans Are On The Moon"
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Mickey Mantle was not great because he played hurt, we just disagree that playing hurt is the right thing to do or is what makes an athlete great. He was great because of his natural talent and the work he put in, please note it shouldn’t be necessary to push oneself to physical and mental exhaustion to be considered a hard worker. Mantel was an alcoholic and it was thought that was how he dealt with the physical pain he was in. It’s impossible to tell how much his drinking impacted his playing career, but it did cause him significant health problems later in life. Sadly we will never know what Mantel could have done if he had taken/been given the time to truly recover from his injuries instead of being encouraged to be a trouper and play through it.

I saw Ricky Henderson break the stolen base record, my dad took me out of school that day to go to that game. Among other things Ricky pushed back at the notion that playing hurt is better than not playing. He knew in the end he would steel more bases if he played healthy instead of with nagging injuries, kinda the notion of working smarter not harder. Ricky had a long successful career and is in good health today because he took care of his body and listened to it.

Hahahahahahahaha Mickey wasn't drinking to ease his pain....Billy Martin, Whitey Ford and Mickey were drinking because they were in New York City partying all night. And even with a hangover the next day Mickey would hit a couple of home runs. Because of his family history Mickey thought he would die before the age of 40 and that's why he didn't take care of himself.
And Rickey Henderson was a bum. Give me Paul Molitor any day of the week.

July 20,1969 "Oh My God" "The Americans Are On The Moon"
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Quoting muckle9999: "When the Mick came up to the plate you stopped what you were doing because you didn't know what was going to happen."

Sadly I only saw Mantle in person one time. My uncle gave our family box seats for the Yankees/Twins game for my birthday, probably in 1962 or 1963. Unfortunately Mantle was in the twilight of his career, and did not start that night. He did come up as a pinchhitter late in the game though, which was a thrill. Many of us kids saw him as a hero, and I tried to make myself a switch-hitter. I can't remember what he did in the one time I saw him bat, but I can still see him in my mind's eye, standing in the box, bat cocked.

I'm not surprised she brought up The Flash as I think she is personal acquaintances with Grant Gustin. Even when she was a lot more hesitant to suggest she would be willing to play the role again, I always thought that maybe something the like series finale of Flash, she would make an exception for, because of that personal relationship.

I'm not surprised she brought up The Flash as I think she is personal acquaintances with Grant Gustin. Even when she was a lot more hesitant to suggest she would be willing to play the role again, I always thought that maybe something the like series finale of Flash, she would make an exception for, because of that personal relationship.

Melissa does indeed have a personal relationship with Grant. She and Chris were guests at Grant’s wedding, they posted pictures on IG. I might be wrong on this but I may have read that Chris and Grant were friends before Chris met Melissa.