About Mickey Mantle (from Wikipedia):
Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed “The Commerce Comet” or “The Mick”, was an American professional baseball player. He was a Major League Baseball (MLB) centerfielder and first baseman for theNew York Yankees for 18 seasons, from 1951 through 1968. Mantle is regarded by many to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.
Modest upbringing: Commerce, Oklahoma
Love of football and basketball
Heroes: Stan Musial, Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams
Auditions for the St. Louis Browns, signs with Yankees
The shortstop becomes a center-fielder
Error-prone year at shortstop
Speed, base-stealing and station-to-station baseball
Mantle’s father saves his career
Mantle’s relationship with his father
Yankee mentors: Casey Stengel and Hank Bauer, but DiMaggio is aloof.
Casey Stengel
World Series fever
Falling in love with baseball and retiring at 36
Joe DiMaggio
Mantle’s New York City rivals at center-field: Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Duke Snider
Late friendships with Mays and Snider
Billy Martin and Whitey Ford
Copacabana: Billy Martin’s infamous 29th birthday party
1956: The Triple Crown
Ted Williams
Switch hitting
Yankee Stadium: Deep center-field and power alleys
Yankee pride
Phil Rizzuto
The Yankees’ legendary farm system
Hall of Fame Yankee GM George Weiss
Victory celebration
Roger Maris and 1961’s record shattering season
More on the World Champion 1961 Yankees
Yankee fans: Mantle’s love, hate relationship
World Series triumphs and what could have been
500th home run and the retirement of Mantle’s fabled number
Post-baseball struggles and career
Reflections on 1990’s baseball
Baseball’s resurgent popularity
Ted Williams on Mickey Mantle
The Boudreau Shift: Williams defies the shift and talks about Mantle and Boudreau
