Don Larsen was smoking a cigarette in the dugout when he said to Mickey Mantle, "Look at the scoreboard, Mick. Wouldn't it be something? Two more innings to go." It certainly was something.

When he got cancer, a whole generation felt the fear of death," said author Roger Kahn about Mickey Mantle ... is a role model. Don't be like me." The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Mantle had a tremendous ...