Louis, who loves baseball despite being the worst stickball player in White Plains, New York, sees his opportunity to be bat boy for the 1961 Yankees team as the perfect way to escape the problems of his father's remarriage and moving to the suburbs.
He could run from home plate to first base in 2.9 seconds. He could hit a ball 540 feet - the longest home run in Major League history. He was the greatest switch-hitter ever to play the game. And he did it all despite broken bones, pulled muscles, strains, and sprains, from his shoulders to his feet.
He could run from home plate to first base in 2.9 seconds. He could hit a ball 540 feet - the longest home run in Major League history. He was the greatest switch-hitter ever to play the game. And he did it all despite broken bones, pulled muscles, strains, and sprains, from his shoulders to his feet.
Drawing on more than five hundred interviews with loved ones and fellow baseball players, the author crafts a deeply personal biography of the Yankee great, weaving her own memories of the major league slugger with an authoritative account of his life onand off the field.
Looks at the life and career of baseball superstar Mickey Mantle, discussing his youth in Oklahoma, his rise to fame in the sport, and his struggles with osteomyelitis, an inflammatory bone disease resulting from a childhood injury, and alcoholism.
Drawing on interviews with friends and family, as well as teammates and opponents, "New York Times"-bestselling author Leavy delivers the definitive account of one of the biggest talents and most tragic figures ever to play baseball--Mickey Mantle.
Louis, who loves baseball despite being the worst stickball player in White Plains, New York, sees his opportunity to be bat boy for the 1961 Yankees team as the perfect way to escape the problems of his father's remarriage and moving to the suburbs.
