Mickey Mantle blew out his knee in that 1951 World Series. This was before medicine could do anything about a torn ACL. It's amazing that Mantle performed at the level he did given the injuries and pain he had to overcome.
How did Mantle play with a torn ACL? He played two full seasons with a torn ACL, not having any kind of surgery until 1953. He bodily put together so that he was that rare athlete who could perform at this best despite such a devastating injury. He had amazing capacity to overcome pain. He has an extraordinary pain threshold.
As much as he was anything, Mickey Mantle was an athletic freak of nature.
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