Urbanely voluble, Flanders does most of the talking, and he can switch-hit a cliche or a platitude with deceptive ease: "If God had intended us to fly, he would never have given us .
He sent Mickey home with an ultimatum: "Don't you ever put on that baseball uniform again until you switch-hit like I taught you.
Mickey Mantle could switch-hit with phenomenal power, round the bases in less than 13 seconds and outrun fly balls to deepest Yankee Stadium.