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07-14-2006, 06:00 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2519532
WASHINGTON -- The post office hopes to hit a grand slam by honoring a quartet of baseball's great sluggers on postage.
Ceremonies are scheduled for Yankee Stadium on Saturday to release new 39-cent stamps and 24-cent postal cards honoring Mickey Mantle, Roy Campanella, Hank Greenberg and Mel Ott.
"He was, surprisingly, kind of self-effacing and humble in many ways, but he would be pleased" to be honored on a stamp, Greenberg's daughter, Alva Greenberg of New London, Conn., said in a phone interview. "Who wouldn't be pleased?
"I think that while he was playing ball and after his career, a lot of his notoriety was within the Jewish community," she added. "I'm happy we've gotten beyond that now."
Mantle's son Danny said his dad "would love it."
"He played 18 years with the Yankees. We're obviously very proud of him," Danny Mantle, who lives in the Dallas area, said by phone. "He played hurt and still had a heck of a career."
WASHINGTON -- The post office hopes to hit a grand slam by honoring a quartet of baseball's great sluggers on postage.
Ceremonies are scheduled for Yankee Stadium on Saturday to release new 39-cent stamps and 24-cent postal cards honoring Mickey Mantle, Roy Campanella, Hank Greenberg and Mel Ott.
"He was, surprisingly, kind of self-effacing and humble in many ways, but he would be pleased" to be honored on a stamp, Greenberg's daughter, Alva Greenberg of New London, Conn., said in a phone interview. "Who wouldn't be pleased?
"I think that while he was playing ball and after his career, a lot of his notoriety was within the Jewish community," she added. "I'm happy we've gotten beyond that now."
Mantle's son Danny said his dad "would love it."
"He played 18 years with the Yankees. We're obviously very proud of him," Danny Mantle, who lives in the Dallas area, said by phone. "He played hurt and still had a heck of a career."