LEGEND OF THE MICK: 100 GREAT MICKEY MANTLE STORIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY QUOTES
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE:
A CHRONOLOGICAL JOURNEY THROUGH MANTLE’S
LIFE AND CAREER
--HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
--LIFE-THREATENING INJURY
--OPPORTUNITY BECKONS
--AN AUSPICIOUS DEBUT
--MOVING UP THE LADDER
--A TASTE OF THE BIG APPLE
--SPRING PHENOM
--GROWING PAINS
--OCTOBER DISASTER
--GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES
--WORLD SERIES HERO
--BALKY KNEES AND MOON SHOTS
--FIVE IN A ROW!
--COMING UP SHORT
--THE DODGERS’ REVENGE
--THE GREATEST SEASON
--BACK ON TOP
--FIGHT CLUB
--UNFAMILIAR FOES
--THE ’58 MVP SNUB
--REWRITING THE SCRIPT
--A YEAR TO FORGET
--A NEW HOPE
--THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
--THE ’61 HOME RUN RACE
--WATCHING IT FROM THE BENCH
--AFTERGLOW
--THE LAST HURRAH
--THE SHORT SEASON
--A LESSON IN HUMILITY
--YOGI AT THE HELM
--GOING OUT WITH A BANG!
--THE YANKEES IN DECLINE
--A NEW LOW
--SEA OF STRANGERS
--END OF AN ERA
--BULDING A LIFE AFTER BASEBALL
--RETURN TO THE BRONX
--INTO THE HALLOWED HALL
--OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
--OFF THE RAILS
--SOBER AT LAST
--MAKING AMENDS
--FINAL SWINGS
--REFLECTIONS
PART TWO:
ASSORTED ANECDOTES
--DOGGY PADDLER
--FAMILY CURSE
--HOW ENOS SLAUGHTER SAVED MANTLE’S CAREER
--THE SPOOK LIGHT
--MICKEY AND MERLYN: A PORTRAIT OF THE EARLY YEARS
--ROOKIE JITTERS
--TEMPER, TEMPER!
--SWITCHING NUMBERS
--JINXED
--MANTLE AND DIMAGGIO: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
--ELUDING THE EYES
--CASEY AND MICKEY: A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP
--BIRTH OF THE TAPE MEASURE HOMER
--THE PRICE OF FAME
--THE BUBBLE GUM INCIDENT
--NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET
--PERSONS OF INTEREST
--THE FORGOTTEN TWINS
--A VISIT TO THE FAR EAST
--MANTLE VERSUS THE SHIFT
--MANTLE VERSUS “TERRIBLE TED”
--THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE
--THE WRATH OF NEWCOMBE
--UNRULY GUESTS
--STUFFING THE BALLOT BOX
-A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS
--EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
--THE ALL-STAR BET
--THE ORGINAL HOME RUN DERBY
--THERE’S ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE
-THE BALLAD OF MICKEY AND GEORGE
--BOX OFFICE BONANZA
--KEEPING IT UNDER WRAPS
--PTICHERS WHO OWNED THE MICK
--BATTING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
--THE KING OF SWING
--ACTS OF GENEROSITY
--MARIS UNDER SIEGE
--THE QUALITY OF BLUNTNESS
--THE EIGHTH WONDER
--TOLERATING THE PAIN
--HALF-BAKED
--DRAMA AT “MICKEY MANTLE DAY”
--GAME SHOW CELEBRITY
--“PEPI” AND THE MILLION DOLLAR BAT
--A NEUROMUSCULAR GENIOUS
--NOW PITCHING FOR THE YANKEES: ROCKY COLAVITO
--THE GIFT-WRAPPED HOMER
--DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS
--WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, MICKEY MANTLE?
--SHOOTING SPREE
--AN EASY TARGET
--SOBER INSIGHTS
--THE CONTROVERSIAL TRANSPLANT
--THE CARDS THAT NOBODY WANTED
--THE VOICE OF GOD
APPENDIX I. BATTING STATISTICS – FRANCHISE RANKINGS
APPENDIX II. RECORDS HELD
APPENDIX III. PRODUCT ENDORSEMENTS
APPENDIX IV. ANNUAL SALARY
APPENDIX V. CHRONOLOGY
APPENDIX VI. HOME RUN VICTIMS
APPENDIX VII. TV AND MOVIE CREDITS