Mickey Mantle's majestic power made him the favorite of most Yankees fans. His 536 home runs, though a considerable number, are only tenth best in history. His 10 years of batting above ...

Two home runs deserve special mention ... He died of cancer on Aug. 13, 1995 in Dallas. Mickey Mantle was 63. In his eulogy, announcer Bob Costas pointed out why a nation turned its eyes toward ...

That self-evident fact came home to me a few years ago when I read The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski, which contains essays about the greatest baseball players of all time (Mickey Mantle was ...