Towards the end of Mickey's career my dad got me tickets to a Yankees Senators game. When we got there Mickey was not in the lineup. I was 10 years old and so disappointed. In the 9th inning with Yankees trailing by 1 run they got a man on base. Now the crowd was on their feet screaming. I didn't know what was going on. My dad then lifted my up to see #7 had come out of the dugout to pinch hit. He swung two bats to warm up and batting lefty hit one into the right field stands to win the game. My Dad and I were jumping up and down. I think we were happier than anyone in that stadium. Although I saw dozens of games after that one, It was the only homer I ever saw Mickey hit. Great memory of my Dad and I!

He is like a little boy. I don't care what the criticisms are about this man, I love him.

Mickey was a great storyteller and the story he told was hilarious.

When asked why he always held his head down while rounding the bases after a homer, he said “Eh..the pitcher is embarrassed enough..” A class act!!

There's only one GOAT... his name is Mickey Mantle.., he signed his '64 Topps card for me, then shook my hand.., I was a grown man and a little kid all in one...

Great storyteller. So jolly, yet shy. Love you, Mick!! Rest in Peace.

I met him twice. Once at the Stadium and once at his Restaurant. What a gentleman. He was my boyhood idol. R.I.P. #7!

He was my hero growing up. His testimony on alcoholism is so profound

Mick's interviews are always fun to watch.

Mickey is before my time.But damn the man tells the best baseball stories.Man,I really hope there's a heaven where he can be one of the boys again..A true legend!

"The Mick" My favorite athlete of all time...Loved this guy

Mickey mantle really lived a hell of a life. Was one of the greatest ball players of all time and spent a lot of his career living life to the fullest. Imagine coming up with a guy who becomes your best buddy and 20 years later you both go into the hall of fame together. Magical. The bond those 2 must have is incredible, 2 of the greatest yanks of all time. Rest well to the both of them.

I’m 7 on my team all because this guy was my dads idol. I watched his game tapes and stuff and I realized he truly was one of the greats

I was at that game. August, 1963, Memorial Stadium, Baltimore. In June, Mantle broke his foot, leaping up at the center field fence in Memorial Stadium, chasing a Brooks Robinson homerun. When he was carried off the field on a stretcher, Oriole fans cheered. When the Yanks returned in August, Mantle had been on the DL list for eight weeks. As he describes it here, he was heavily hungover from a party the night before. Houk puts him in to pinch hit. First pitch, he hits a homerun to tie the game. The entire stadium stood up and gave him a standing ovation as if to redeem themselves. The Yankees went on to win the game. .One of the most thrilling moments in sports I have experienced in person.

All class. The Mick. One of the fastest down the 1st base line in the game. Tremendous switch hitter. Great player!

Mantle is someone I will always remember. All baseball fans admired Mr.Mantle.

RIP Mick.. I loved you thru it all and for you to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior makes my heart happy

He was my idol. I grew up in the Bronx and saw him play many times. RIP.

Always seemed like a good-hearted dude. I couldn't have asked for a better legend to look up to when I was coming up.

Mickey my hero..and I was lucky enough to meet him twice..some thing I'll never forget

I didn’t like him growing up because at the time I was a Pirates fan. But I was well aware of just how good he was. He’s my baseball idol now. And he has been for a long time because I’m an old man now. SO much respect for what he accomplished as a baseball player. Mickey Mantle is as good a player that has ever played the game. Love his stories, especially the Denny McClain one about his last at bat in Tiger Field.

Just imagine what we’d say about Micky today if he had taken better care of himself!! Look what he did in the game drinking and partying every night, he was still great. Just imagine if he didn’t do all that partying. Man could of had numbers that could never be touched.

That’s one of the very best interviews with Mickey ever 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️🙏🏻

I grew up after Mickeys playing days were over, but as a child I would watch old vhs tapes of Mickeys interviews and game play. I would watch them through rewind and start over. I didn’t know any other teams and very few players until I was into high school. Wish I could have shook his hand one time.

I followed Mickey all my life,I still have my Rawlings MICKEY MANTLE GLOVE,what a player****

He certainly had a way about him! Brings tears to my eyes.

I was a limo driver in AC years ago and I took Mick to a private plane. He dropped 35000 dollars on to the tarmac after a memorabilia show. We made sure he got every penny back. Hell of a human!

When Mantle retired I didn't care for the game as much anymore. Everybody was crazy about Mantle when he played. 100 years in the future if baseball is still around fans will talk about Ruth Cobb and Mantle. Mantle the Commerce Comet!!!RIP Mr.Mantle.

As great as he was I wonder how much better he would have been if he had not tore his knee up and also taken better care of himself. I never saw him play but I was told when he was young he was so fast he could have been an olympic sprinter. Unreal god given ability. rest in peace Mick.

Great ballplayer and great story teller.

The name Mickey Mantle still is great to hear even in 2022! The man did live hard, but his play made up for it!! Always loved the Mick.

I was too young to see him in his prime, but the one thing I remember is him hitting a walk-off homerun (not called that back then) in the 1964 World Series against the Cardinals. I was 8. By the time I was old enough to really remember much, the Yankees had fallen apart and Mickey was over the hill. I didn't see Willie Mays in his prime either, but I did see Hank Aaron. If you had those three in the outfield, you wouldn't lose many games.

He was a kid from Oklahoma. Played in the minors. Fought through injuries, but he hung in there. Then came the Yankees. More injuries. And just kept playing.

R.I.P. Mick.

One of my boyhood hero's. THE MICK!!!

I could listen to this guy stories all day

My boyhood hero! Love the Mick and that era of baseball

I was there in 87 when he was with Billy and Whitey. It was during spring training in 87 with the Yankees. it was during the fantasy camp days

Remember the game he was talking about. Was listening to it on the radio. It was a long HR.

We miss ya Mick.

Good stuff....thanks for sharing

this guy had to fight demons from childhood abuse and sickness that almost killed him along with his father dying so young then was brave enough to repent at the end and be transparent and get baptized in Christ. One tough cookie and IMO the best ballplayer ever.

My first sports hero

This is a guy who has so many great stories he probably couldn't remember them all!

Just a good ole country boy from Oklahoma

My idol growing up in NYC in the 1960s. Loved this man my whole life. What a personality. He was a riot. Great storyteller. I was at mickey mantle day in June 1969. Still have my ticket stub. Wow and his video, Tom seaver, Gary Carter and the mick. All gone.. Because my dad grew up in Brooklyn in the 1950s and was a Yankee fan, he taught me to switch hit when I was 4. Just like mutt mantle did with mickey. Ive Been a real good ball player my whole life because of the mick. Now I am a golfer at age 62, and I play lefty and right pretty good as well

Would’ve been the best baseball player if not for injuries he still is a top 10 imo

I love Mickey ❤️❤️❤️❤️

WE LOVE 'YA MICK!!

I would have loved to watch this man play. He is a classic baseball player, and more recently I have learned a lot about him.

Greatest talent of all time!

Mickey is the BEST. Always loved.

What a likable man.

I was surprised to find out Mickey Mantle came to my small city in 1986 to open a new minor league baseball stadium. How they managed to get him to come to this remote part of the world I'll never know. They must have told him Billy and Whitey were coming too.

The Mick sure looked great in a suit. Even better story.

This man certainly burned the candle at both ends, but he was a great player.

A true legend.

I’m 74 and a life long Yankee fan. I’ll never forget the incredible home run race he and Roger Maris had in ‘61. I’d run home after school the day after a game and read the sports section of the news paper to see if Mickey and/or Roger had hit any home runs. They were neck and neck all season long but poor Mickey ran out of gas at the end. For my money Mickey was the greatest. I get a big smile thinking about those days. By the time I became a fan in 1960 Mickey had lost his blazing speed but he was still fast and still had the pop in his bat.

MICKEY MANTLE. THE BEST PLAYER IN BASSEBALL EN THE WORLD. MICKEY THE GREATEST OF ALL. GOODBYE FOREVER MY FRIEND. IGA.

Mickey Mantle the best

Another fact he was so fast a runner when he came up…he wud of had an even greater career…however h3 caught his spike in the Yankee stadium drain in center field ripped ligaments back then was never the same…just had natural strength and talent..RIP …Mick….still miss yah after all these years…great to see this…

Saw a pic of him in the locker room in the early 50s He was totally ripped 6pack abs the works. And he didn’t lift weights

My very first childhood hero at 7

What a regular down to earth guy! Didn't carry himself like a superstar despite his greatness on the field. Today our major leaguers receive too much money and adulation.

I was born on the day he hit what was arguably the longest home run ever hit...against the Senators in '53. My 2nd favourite player ever...just behind Gehrig.

when you were friends with Billy, you went out, got drunk, and raised hell...

Helluva player. Helluva guy.

Oklahoma boy!!!!! Fantastic

I never tire of hearing his interviews. He is a great story teller and the stories themselves are funnier than anything that could be made up. If only he would have taken care of his body, his numbers would have been staggering.

I love this guy. What a hero

"All my Octobers", a great read.

Micky Mantle absolutely idolized and at the same time was scared to death of his father...that conflict from childhood carried through unresolved conflicts through much of his adult life............

Jim Bouton tells that story in Ball Four. It's great hearing Mickey tell it on himself.

I always loved Mickey. All through the 1950’s and 1960, I followed him every day in newspapers and magazines. I used to get the morning paper to check to see if he had homered the day before. This was before I went to school. We as kids worshipped him. It bothers me on these interviews that these people go right to the drinking issue. He set so many records that these interviewers could fill hours of interviews on his playing ball. Instead they go right to the negatives. I think letterman and other talk show hosts suck big time. This man was such a hero to millions of kids. All they wanted was to belittle him for ratings. Mick was a hero to us and could no wrong. Still is.

Mickey mantle was # 7 I was born on 7

I switch-hit because of this guy in the '50's and '60's. I did have an invitation to try-out with the Cinncinatti Reds when I was 15. And then the 1970's hit.

Wow! What a great guy Mickey Mantle was 😂

Love Mickey. What a great life that had to end so sad.

It's been quite awhile since number 7 walked to the plate, but it's still something that I can see clearly.

LEGEND

Love ya Mick. Come back and play some more.

I went to a double header. In one game batting lefty he golfed one in the front row last seat in the upper deck. Next game right handed a monster liner opposite field deep in the bleachers. I will never forget that.

He was great at two things: Drinking and playing drunk baseball.

love the mick hitsa home run hard part is running around the bases lol

My favorite players who ever played . Mickey Mantle , Ted Williams , Babe Ruth , Willie Mays , Ken Griffey , Nolan Ryan.

An amazing man.

Because of Mickey I taught myself to switch hit when I was 8.

He was the first television Sports Super Star and I've read that because of television the baby boomer generation had 1000 more sense perception images a day than the generation before them. That had something to do with his popularity he was much more visible than the star athletes before him

7:50 RIP Gary Carter :-(

Saw him and Marris hit home runs in same game August, 20 1961 Cleveland. Dad took us there from columbus...videod..grainy film!

Mickey Mantle.... What a great Baseball Players name! Its even cool just saying it.

Great story teller

Drink heavily, hit a home run. Duly noted.

I was in love with him when I was 7.

As a young boy I used to cry when Roger would hit a homerun and Mickey didn’t because I didn’t want Roger to set the homerun record. Of course, that was on my Paw-Paw’s black and white TV on Saturday afternoons because that was the only time we saw the Yankees down in the south. Baseball once a week. One game

That's when the game was still a game, now with the overblown contracts, players are robots.

"to make a long story short..." i love that.

mickey struggled with debilitating alcoholism and the subject was one he always kept at bay when it was brought up.

Over the decades my dad worked for Brunswick one of the things he did was accompany Mantle around promoting Voit sport's products, a company owned by Brunswick, the bowling people. He told my brothers and l Mickey had the sex drive of a 15 y o. Did my dad get an autographed ball or even a card ? No. Oh well.

Mickey Mantle forever...