Mickey Mantle almost quit Baseball after his rookie season. He changed his mind when his Father said, "I thought I raised a man. I see I raised a coward instead."

@nut_history This happened during his rookie season after Mantle was sent to the minors.

@nut_history Wiki: In the 1951 World Series, Willie Mays hit a fly ball to right-center field. (Rookie) Mantle raced for the ball together with Joe DiMaggio, who made the catch. Mantle tripped over an exposed drain pipe and played the rest of his career with a torn ACL.

@nut_history I think this is more legend sadly?

@nut_history Subsequently drank himself to an early grave.

@nut_history You can’t spell ‘Mantle’ without ‘Man’... Sadly, you can’t spell ‘Mickey’ without ‘Mickey’, either. 🥴

@nut_history That’s awesome. Now snowflake dads raise beta sons by telling them if anything is too hard, just quit!