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| Author | : Tony Castro |
| Publisher | : Triumph Books |
| Total Pages | : 293 |
| Release | : 2021-09-28 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 164125601X |
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris are forever intertwined in baseball history thanks to the unforgettable 1961 season, when the two Yankee icons spurred each other to new heights in pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run record. History has largely overlooked the bond between the two men not as titans of their sport, but as people. Guided by Tony Castro, bestselling author and foremost chronicler of Mantle, readers will journey into history, from the Yankees' blockbuster trade for Maris, whose acquisition re-ignited Mantle's career after a horrendous 1959 season, to the heroics of 1961 and far beyond. This dual biography is a thoroughly researched, emotionally gripping portrait that brings Yankees lore alive.
| Author | : Ron Smith |
| Publisher | : McGraw-Hill/Contemporary |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Baseball |
| ISBN | : 9780892046621 |
Join The Sporting News for a fascinating journey through one of baseball's most magical seasons--the Summer of '61.
| Author | : Wes Tooke |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2010-02-23 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1439158258 |
Louis isn’t very good at playing baseball, but he knows and loves the game more than anybody. He loves the purity of the sport, the sound of the crack of a bat, and the smell of freshly cut grass in the stadium. And more than anything, he loves the New York Yankees. So when he becomes a bat boy for the team during the summer of 1961, it is a dream come true. Lucky gives readers baseline box seats to one of the most memorable seasons in sports history, and as Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris compete in their legendary home-run race, Louis learns that the heroes he looks up to can teach him life lessons that will change him forever.
| Author | : Tony Castro |
| Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 531 |
| Release | : 2014-05-14 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1597979945 |
More than any other athlete, Mickey Mantle was the American hero whose life personified the great expectations and unfulfilled dreams of the twentieth century. Hailed by Casey Stengel as the next Ruth and successor to DiMaggio, Mantle would become the first true sports icon of the television age. In Mickey Mantle: America's Prodigal Son, former Sports Illustrated writer Tony Castro recounts a story of fathers and sons, rebels and heroes, and a youth's rite of passage. He interviewed over 250 of Mantle's friends, teammates, lovers, acquaintances, and drinking partners, producing an explosive biography of one of the world's most fascinating sports heroes and a telling look at the American society of his time.
| Author | : Allen Barra |
| Publisher | : Crown |
| Total Pages | : 522 |
| Release | : 2014-04-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 030771649X |
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field. Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same time. They possessed virtually the same talents and played the same position. They were both products of generations of baseball-playing families, for whom the game was the only escape from a lifetime of brutal manual labor. Both were nearly crushed by the weight of the outsized expectations placed on them, first by their families and later by America. Both lived secret lives far different from those their fans knew. What their fans also didn't know was that the two men shared a close personal friendship--and that each was the only man who could truly understand the other's experience.
| Author | : Mickey Herskowitz |
| Publisher | : Harry N. Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006-10-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9781584795476 |
In this first-ever illustrated biography published with the support of the Mantle family, the authors cover Mickey Mantle's entire life, from his impoverished youth to his glorious career to his poignant sunset years. It features rare photos and never-before-seen memorabilia, with ten pull-out, removable facsimiles.
| Author | : Al Silverman |
| Publisher | : Harry N. Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009-03-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9780810996380 |
This intimate pictorial history features rare and many unpublished color photographs of the Yankees from the 1949-1964 era, often considered the golden age of the celebrated baseball team.
| Author | : Robert M. Gorman |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 348 |
| Release | : 2019-11-13 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1476672628 |
Much has been written about Roger Maris and the historic summer of 1961 when he broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record yet little is known about the pitchers on the other side of the tale. One of the many knocks against Maris was that he faced inferior pitching in an American League watered down by expansion from eight to 10 teams. But was that really the case? Did Maris face has-beens and never-weres while Ruth confronted the cream of AL pitching? Who were these starters and relievers and how good were they? Drawing on first-hand accounts, interviews and a range of contemporary sources, this study covers each of Maris' 63 home runs that season, including the lost one and his game-winning World Series dinger. Biographies of each of his 48 victims cover the pitcher's career, pitching style and the circumstances of the game. Maris faced some really fine pitching that summer despite what many contended then--and now.
| Author | : Tony Castro |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 279 |
| Release | : 2019-05-22 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1538122227 |
"Mantle’s life story has been told many times, but it’s never received as loving a treatment as this one." Booklist, Starred Review Mickey Mantle is one of baseball’s all-time greats. Playing for the New York Yankees for his entire professional career, Mantle was named to the All-Star team for 11 consecutive seasons, won three MVP awards, and was a seven-time World Series champion. He quickly became an icon who achieved hero status even while playing through injuries for most of his career. In Mantle: The Best There Ever Was, Tony Castro makes the impassioned argument that Mickey Mantle truly was the greatest ballplayer of all time. Acclaimed by the New York Times as the definitive biographer of baseball’s fabled number 7, Castro shares many of his personal conversations with Mantle, demystifying the legend and revealing intimate, never-before-published details from Mantle’s personal life. In addition, Castro offers illuminating new insights into Mantle’s extraordinary career, including the head-turning conclusion based on the evolution of analytics that the beloved Yankee switch-hitting slugger may ultimately win acclaim as having fulfilled the weighty expectation once placed on him: being even greater than Babe Ruth. Drawing from hundreds of interviews with ex-teammates, friends, and family, Castro masterfully blends Mantle’s public and private selves to present a fully rounded portrait of this complex, misunderstood national hero.
| Author | : Andy Strasberg |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2021-04-26 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781938532597 |
