My guest Randy Roberts wrote about Mickey Mantle’s magnificent 1956 season. The book focuses on his capability of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history, being the perfect idol for postwar America, and his image of being a wholesome hero from the heartland.
Sports of All Sorts:Author Randy Roberts of A Season in the Sun The Rise of Mickey Mantle – The Grueling Truth The Grueling Truth Radio
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