MANTLE..Powerful documentary if you dug the MICK..
Personally I loved the guy..grew up Yankee fan in early 60s..To watch his boyhood mature into the legend is incredible..
Ross Greenberg another great job..HBO becomong more and more a vital network in sports and original programming..ENTOURAGE..kicks ass..the best half hour of TV in todays market..
Whitey..Moose..Pepitone..Martin..the footage rocks..Also..on COSTAS NOW..the short on RUFFIAN..FOOLISH PLEASURE..match race is wonderful..
Personally I loved the guy..grew up Yankee fan in early 60s..To watch his boyhood mature into the legend is incredible..
Ross Greenberg another great job..HBO becomong more and more a vital network in sports and original programming..ENTOURAGE..kicks ass..the best half hour of TV in todays market..
Whitey..Moose..Pepitone..Martin..the footage rocks..Also..on COSTAS NOW..the short on RUFFIAN..FOOLISH PLEASURE..match race is wonderful..
I always wore #7 playing ball, even if I had to kick my teammates ass to get it. I was wearing it for the Mick. I was a bit young to watch his best years, I saw him tail off and it was sad. Wish he would have retired a .300 hitter. Even better than 61. Real Mick and the guys footage. What got him was Billy Martin. He was basically what he was, a good well mannered aw shucks kid from Oklahoma. Total opposite of today's I don't care nothing except my stats atheletes. Down to Earth, idolized by young and old. During his reign, da man. And after uptight Dimaggio he was lovable. Never knew he got sent to minors. They just do not make them like him, a once in my lifetime player.
Best Wishes...OF:howdy:
FROG benjamin rating.
Best Wishes...OF:howdy:
FROG benjamin rating.
CLASSIC MICKEY MANTLE HERE:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/02/mickey-mantles-outstanding-experience.html
Mickey Mantle's outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Mickey Mantle's outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium
In 1972, four years after playing his last game for the team, the legendary Mickey Mantle was sent a letter by then-Vice-President of the New York Yankees, Bob Fishel, and asked to contribute to the Yankee Stadium's forthcoming 50th anniversary celebrations. All Mickey had to do was fill in the enclosed survey and share details of his "outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium." Below is the letter, and Mantle's surprising response.
Note: Both the letter and response seen below have been verified as true by biographer Jane Leavy, as reported by Snopes.
Transcript follows. Image courtesy of Jamie Farrow.
Transcript
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/02/mickey-mantles-outstanding-experience.html
Mickey Mantle's outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Mickey Mantle's outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium
[Do not read the following if easily offended]
In 1972, four years after playing his last game for the team, the legendary Mickey Mantle was sent a letter by then-Vice-President of the New York Yankees, Bob Fishel, and asked to contribute to the Yankee Stadium's forthcoming 50th anniversary celebrations. All Mickey had to do was fill in the enclosed survey and share details of his "outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium." Below is the letter, and Mantle's surprising response.
Note: Both the letter and response seen below have been verified as true by biographer Jane Leavy, as reported by Snopes.
Transcript follows. Image courtesy of Jamie Farrow.
Image: Jamie Farrow
Transcript
New York Yankees Inc.
Dear Mickey,
As you probably know, 1973 marks the 50th anniversary of Yankees Stadium and we are going to have a season-long Golden Anniversary celebration. We hope to mark the occasion on our Old Timers Day, Saturday, August 11, as well as on individual dates during the season.
We thought it would be interesting to learn from you what you consider your outstanding event at Yankee Stadium. In many cases the answer is obvious, but because we are writing a large number of your former team mates, we are asking you to answer this question for us.
1973 will be the final season at Yankee Stadium as we know it. We will be located at Shea in 1974 and '75 while Yankee Stadium is completely rebuilt to reopen in 1976.
Thanks for your cooperation. We are looking forward to seeing you in 1973 and wish you a happy holiday season.
Very truly yours,
(Signed, 'Bob Fishel')
December 14, 1972/m
Mantle's Response:Dear Mickey,
As you probably know, 1973 marks the 50th anniversary of Yankees Stadium and we are going to have a season-long Golden Anniversary celebration. We hope to mark the occasion on our Old Timers Day, Saturday, August 11, as well as on individual dates during the season.
We thought it would be interesting to learn from you what you consider your outstanding event at Yankee Stadium. In many cases the answer is obvious, but because we are writing a large number of your former team mates, we are asking you to answer this question for us.
1973 will be the final season at Yankee Stadium as we know it. We will be located at Shea in 1974 and '75 while Yankee Stadium is completely rebuilt to reopen in 1976.
Thanks for your cooperation. We are looking forward to seeing you in 1973 and wish you a happy holiday season.
Very truly yours,
(Signed, 'Bob Fishel')
December 14, 1972/m
I consider the following my outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium:
— I got a blow-job under the right field Bleachers, by the Yankee Bull pen.
This event occurred on or about: (Give as much detail as you can)
— It was about the third or fourth inning. I had a pulled groin and couldn't fuck at the time. She was a very nice girl and asked me what to do with the cum after I came in her mouth. I said don't ask me, I'm no cock-sucker.
Signed: Mickey Mantle, The All-American Boy
— I got a blow-job under the right field Bleachers, by the Yankee Bull pen.
This event occurred on or about: (Give as much detail as you can)
— It was about the third or fourth inning. I had a pulled groin and couldn't fuck at the time. She was a very nice girl and asked me what to do with the cum after I came in her mouth. I said don't ask me, I'm no cock-sucker.
Signed: Mickey Mantle, The All-American Boy
It was great. I was a batboy for a small minor league team in Okla many many years ago and Mickey was on his way up. I beleive it was Joplin Missouri that he was briefly with at the time and he had these huge arms and rolled up sleeves and eveyone was talking about him at that time. he was just a kid about 17 or 18. He hit three homers that nite and everyone was rooting for him. It was only a few months before he had gone to the big show.Didn't see him again for many years until he had retired and one of my best friends was in a few business deals with him and we played Golf at least 20 times. He had this very strong grip with the right hand turned way under. \He would swing out of his shoes and the ball would go a mile.he could be a great friendly guy one minute and the next be a complete a-- hole. He didn't mind really being a trash mouth around other people and especially women. It got to be that i would try to think up an excuse if my Bud asked me to come out to Preston Trails to play. The Mick would always want to play and then go drink , drink and drink. We would go to a Mexican restuarant up the street and people would come over for an auto graph and you didn't know what he was going to say but it was usually about as embarrasing as it could be. Sober, the greatest ever and i think he made his peace with his kids and himself beore he passed.Srill my favorite of all time.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...nus-check-yankees-auction-023835062--mlb.html
Mickey Mantle’s $1,150 bonus check from Yankees up for auction
By David Brown | Big League Stew – 15 hours ago
This might be the coolest piece of auction memorabilia The Stew has ever publicized: The $1,150 check Mickey Mantle received from the New York Yankees to cover his signing bonus in 1949. If that price sounds a little low for Mickey Mantle (even in 1949, when $1,150 could buy about $11,100 of goods), you're right. The Yankees ripped him off!
Within the Heritage Auction description of the check, which is cleanly endorsed by a then-17-year-old Mantle, the Mick himself explains why the sum was so low:
Excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: Rookie in Pinstripes" by Fred Glueckstein (2008):
[...]
One one of the check's lines, it read simply, 'Bonus.'
Mickey was asked later why he signed for such a modest sum. Other 'bonus babies' were signing for amounts of seventy-five to one hundred thousand dollars.
'Why did I sign for peanuts during a time when kids, a lot less known than myself, were getting fabulous bonuses? Well, I'll tell you why,' Mickey told Ben Epstein of the New York Daily Mirror. 'Nobody offered me one.' "
A list of bonuses at Baseball America shows that, three years earlier, the Yankees paid infielder Bobby Brown (future cardiologist and AL president) $56,000. In 1948, the Braves paid left-hander Johnny Antonelli $75,000. The Tigers paid catcher Frank House the same amount. By 1950, the $100,000-plus bonus era had begun. The Yankees were taking advantage of Mantle from the start.
You also might wonder why the check was issued from the Independence (Mo.) State Bank. Well, Mantle's first minor league team was the '49 Independence Yankees of the Class D Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League.
The check is described as being in primo condition, with no folds, tears or stains. The current bid (as of Wednesday night) is $8,000. When the auction concludes Feb. 23, the check might be worth $20,000 or more, Heritage guesses. Too rich for me, but worth every penny to someone who can afford it.
Note: It's possible the person selling the check used to be related to the secretary of the Independence ballclub. On this episode of Antiques Roadshow in 2008, a woman saying she was a granddaughter of the secretary brought in a Mantle payroll check for appraisal — from later in 1949 — and was told it was worth $31,000-$50,000.
Pitchers and catchers report any moment.
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Mickey Mantle’s $1,150 bonus check from Yankees up for auction
By David Brown | Big League Stew – 15 hours ago
This might be the coolest piece of auction memorabilia The Stew has ever publicized: The $1,150 check Mickey Mantle received from the New York Yankees to cover his signing bonus in 1949. If that price sounds a little low for Mickey Mantle (even in 1949, when $1,150 could buy about $11,100 of goods), you're right. The Yankees ripped him off!
Within the Heritage Auction description of the check, which is cleanly endorsed by a then-17-year-old Mantle, the Mick himself explains why the sum was so low:
Excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: Rookie in Pinstripes" by Fred Glueckstein (2008):
[...]
One one of the check's lines, it read simply, 'Bonus.'
Mickey was asked later why he signed for such a modest sum. Other 'bonus babies' were signing for amounts of seventy-five to one hundred thousand dollars.
'Why did I sign for peanuts during a time when kids, a lot less known than myself, were getting fabulous bonuses? Well, I'll tell you why,' Mickey told Ben Epstein of the New York Daily Mirror. 'Nobody offered me one.' "
A list of bonuses at Baseball America shows that, three years earlier, the Yankees paid infielder Bobby Brown (future cardiologist and AL president) $56,000. In 1948, the Braves paid left-hander Johnny Antonelli $75,000. The Tigers paid catcher Frank House the same amount. By 1950, the $100,000-plus bonus era had begun. The Yankees were taking advantage of Mantle from the start.
You also might wonder why the check was issued from the Independence (Mo.) State Bank. Well, Mantle's first minor league team was the '49 Independence Yankees of the Class D Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League.
The check is described as being in primo condition, with no folds, tears or stains. The current bid (as of Wednesday night) is $8,000. When the auction concludes Feb. 23, the check might be worth $20,000 or more, Heritage guesses. Too rich for me, but worth every penny to someone who can afford it.
Note: It's possible the person selling the check used to be related to the secretary of the Independence ballclub. On this episode of Antiques Roadshow in 2008, a woman saying she was a granddaughter of the secretary brought in a Mantle payroll check for appraisal — from later in 1949 — and was told it was worth $31,000-$50,000.
Pitchers and catchers report any moment.
Follow @AnswerDave, @MikeOz, @Townie813 and @bigleaguestew, on Twitter,
along with the BLS Facebook page!
What a shame he screwed up his knees. Even without good knees, he was supposed to be the fastest to first base than any other player....even today. I just wonder what he would be like with two good legs under him! Scary!
Just imagine what he would be like, and how many homers he might have hit if he had any sort of physical training or weight lifting programs that he participated in....just natural strength.
Just imagine what he would be like, and how many homers he might have hit if he had any sort of physical training or weight lifting programs that he participated in....just natural strength.
I remember Mantles coming up in 51 with all the great fanfare. 3 stars were rookies that year vying for the one outfield spot the other two were occupied by DiMaggio who hit 32HR's the year before & Bauer who solified his position by batting .320.
The other 2 rookies besides Mantle were Jackie Jensen the All-American running back from California & Bob Cerv, Mantle beat them out,
Jensen became a star with the Redsox eventually winning the MVP award and Bob Cerv had some good years with Kansas City as a power hitter.
The other 2 rookies besides Mantle were Jackie Jensen the All-American running back from California & Bob Cerv, Mantle beat them out,
Jensen became a star with the Redsox eventually winning the MVP award and Bob Cerv had some good years with Kansas City as a power hitter.
Always admired Mantle when I was a kid, even though we lived not far from Fenway Park and we were all RS fans like Pat Patriot. I was able to see what were supposed to be the last three games of his career which took place at Fenway but he never did play the last one and departed early in the second game to a standing ovation. The only foul ball I ever caught was during that series and I wish it was off the Mick's bat, but instead was Reggie Smith's , who subsequently hit a homer. I still have the ball albeit it more resembles an orange than a baseball now.
It's ironic that according to Mantle, Dimaggio wasn't that friendly towards him when he first came up. It was Dimaggio's final year and Mantle was asked to try and cover a bit more outfield with that in mind. Ultimately Mantle caught his cleat as everyone knows by now on a sprinkler head and his career would be forever affected by the constant pain and rehab related to that knee as well as the other. No telling what his final stats would have been had he been in decent health. The one he most regretted not having accomplished was being a .300 lifetime hitter, and one that he surely deserved in the opinion of baseball fans in general.
It's ironic that according to Mantle, Dimaggio wasn't that friendly towards him when he first came up. It was Dimaggio's final year and Mantle was asked to try and cover a bit more outfield with that in mind. Ultimately Mantle caught his cleat as everyone knows by now on a sprinkler head and his career would be forever affected by the constant pain and rehab related to that knee as well as the other. No telling what his final stats would have been had he been in decent health. The one he most regretted not having accomplished was being a .300 lifetime hitter, and one that he surely deserved in the opinion of baseball fans in general.
