NFT: Mickey Mantle

Not ESPN.

I love that HBO is doing this with him and Mohammed Ali. Sure there has been plenty written/produced about both but The younger generation like my kids have never seen it and its great to bring them up once again.

I spent way too much of my precious nickels as a kid chasing the ever-elusive MM card.


Not to mention chewing that nauseating pink cardboard they claimed was gum.

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For those interested in the Mick, The Last Boy by Jane Leavy is an excellent read.

His Yankee Stadium survey submission cracks me up every time.
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As kids we would be playing stickball in the street while listening to the Yankee game on a tiny transistor radio. The only time the game stopped was for cars and when Mantle got to the plate. He was bigger than life for kids my age.

I'd like to ask you something off line.

Could you please email me?

He was he perfect baseball player. Powerful, elite athlete, endearing smile. He came along as baseball became the dominate sport on TV. He made being a superstar look easy long before Michael Jordan did. He was the star of stars. In his time no one was bigger on any stage.

In comment 14450773 jintsjunkie said:

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For those interested in the Mick, The Last Boy by Jane Leavy is an excellent read.

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Yep, good book. She's a good writer.
I read that a few years ago.

were DiMaggio, Mantle and Gifford...

thanks for posting.

Only Arnie and The Mick were my heroes.
Went to the Stadium on a Boyscout trip when I was about 8. Mick dropped a ball in center field top of the ninth to let the go ahead run in and struck out to end the game
When I was 15 or so my dad (Dodger/Mets fan) scored two tix 5 rows behind home plate Yanks / A’s (when they were in KC). Mick hit the closest fair ball to leave the Stadium that day.
Both days are burned into my memory for all time...

The Stadium...
Ball was still going up when it bounced off the facade and ended up on the field. Don’t remember who the right fielder was, but I remember him picking it up.

In comment 14451407 pivo said:

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The Stadium... Ball was still going up when it bounced off the facade and ended up on the field. Don’t remember who the right fielder was, but I remember him picking it up.

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In comment 14450941 Jay in Toronto said:

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I'd like to ask you something off line. Could you please email me?

Email sent Jay ... please don't male the question(s) to difficult. I am not as young as I used to be.

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male = make.

I hate it when I make I make typos.

I hate it even more when I make typos and don't proof read before I hit submit.

;(

Dam - if only he did not trip on that drainage pipe ... who knows what else he would have accomplished with a healthy body? I knew he had power but, never knew the early part of his game was speed?

What a swing ....

In comment 14450773 jintsjunkie said:

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For those interested in the Mick, The Last Boy by Jane Leavy is an excellent read.

Thanks Jints - I will have to check it out.

I remember when Mantle told this on Letterman but, I could not find that interview.
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In comment 14450916 BigBlue2112 said:

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His Yankee Stadium survey submission cracks me up every time. NSWF Text (Language) - ( New Window )

Wth? .... lol