Mickey and Willie / Allen Barra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barra, Allen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mantle, Mickey, 1931-1995.

Mantle, Mickey.

Mays, Willie, 1931-2024.

Mays, Willie.

Mays, Willie, 1931-.

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 479 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Archetype, [2013]

Summary:

"Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age, almost the same size, and 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: My first game was better than yours

Fathers and sons

Bred to play ball

No other enjoyment

Pass-the-hat

A dream come true

"This is your chance"

"You're going to eat steak"

"Is that Mickey and Willie?"

"Greetings"

"Right up there with the Babe"

"In here, it's 1954"

"A whole different ball game"

"Exactly the same ballplayer"

"Neither one of us was Joe DiMaggio"

"Flash, dash, and ... a nervous rash"

The boys of summer in their ruin

Say good-bye to America

Burden of dreams

Appendix A: Mickey vs. Willie, who was the best?

Appendix B: Total player rating and win shares.

Notes:

"Mantle and Mays, the parallel lives of baseball's golden age"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [451]-467) and index.

ISBN:

9780307716484

0307716481

9780307716507

0307716503

OCLC:

754714364