Mickey Mantle Obit - ESPN with Keith Olbermann

I wish somebody would have told me not to have dubbed and redubbed all of my vhs tapes just in case I would be sharing them with a zillion people.

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[jdt2003]

This is when Sportscenter was relevant. I would watch it daily. It was much more professional, organized and a much better product.

[dougalmac54]

There will never, ever be a more popular, more universally liked, and better baseball player than Mickey Mantle. He was magic with a bat, and if he had played the 281 games he missed because of injuries, he would have every record in hitting there is. The Mick hit home runs that are still looked upon with awe at the distance, the power, and the wonder of his hitting ability.

[Angelsbaby42]

@jdt2003 i agree it was much better back in the day!

[SonicRemaster]

Outstanding program.

[Crackers2549]

Mickey Mantle #7... Mick was "The Man"!.. Saw him play in Chicago and I was a Sox fan but Mickey had more talent than anybody, but had to play injured his entire career and it hurt his numbers!...What a ball player... like Bob Shepherd would say "Numba 7, Mickey Mantle, numba 7".....

[xtrontruth]

@tnlmtr The bell rang 7 times.

[AndersonDE7]

Former Yankee shortstop and broadcaster Tony Kubek once said that if Mickey had played in the same ballparks as Hank Aaron (Milwaukee and Atlanta) he would have hit more than 1000 home runs. Having grown up watching Mickey's entire career, I am sure that is true.

[544005]

Great program on my favorite player

[ChandlerPol]

@jdt2003 Yeah, you'd never see this kind of coverage nowadays. They'd have to move on after a couple minutes to mention the latest gossip or rumor or garbled athlete's comment on Twitter.

[ChandlerPol]

Now Mercer has died, too.

[coolmamac]

@jdt2003 You are so right. The shows are just pop sports. I miss these old broadcasts.

[flakbac]

i dont get too excited about sports anymore.it seems kind of ridiculous cheering for some guy making 10 million dollars a season.i mean hasnt that cat already won?

[skywoof7]

I grew up a Yankee fan & Mickey was easily the best ballplayer I've ever seen, & I've seen Mays, Aaron, Clemente, Duke Snyder, & everyone else who's played since. The tragedy of Mantle is obviously his personal life & of course that this was the guy who really should own the baseball record book. If he hadn't ripped up that knee in the '51 WS, imo he would have. Even w/the bad pins, in his prime, he was THE GUY! After retiring he felt he let everyone down. He was a great guy & I really miss him!

[tnlmtr]

How many times did they ring that bell in Boston? I’m thinking 7. Man, I sure am glad I wasn’t there — I sure couldn’t have held it together.

[tnlmtr]

How many times did they ring that bell in Boston?

[Trinity61]

Mickey Mantle reminds me alot of the great Irish soccer player George Best...charismatic, good-looking, popular with the ladies, and could have been even greater if it wasn't for the booze.

[tnlmtr]

I was one of those who was lucky enough to see him play, both on TV and at the ball park. I always said that when Mantle hit a ball, it just sounded different than anyone else. Over the years I began to figure that was just because I wanted it to be that way, and therefore was a figment of my imagination. Then in Jane Leavy’s book, a team mate said you could turn your back to the field during Yankee batting practice and, by sound alone, tell when Mantle was hitting!

[fek2000]

Thanks for keeping that promise Doc

[EmceeNolan]

@jdt2003 X 10000000. It was beautifully put together all-around; from the set, to the graphics, to the music, to the on-air talent, to the sharp writing. It was one of those magical times when everyone was on the same page. Unfortunately, that never lasts forever.

[harajukugirlloveandG]

Thank you for putting this up we all need to remember what a great player and person he was as told by the people that were there not the people who make things up in these books that are coming out rest in heaven with you wife and sons god bless you......