Slouching Towards Oblivion

Sunday, December 05, 2010

Playing Against Type

Mickey Mantle was probably one of the great tragic figures in The American Hall Of Heroes.  A supremely gifted specimen who always seemed willing and able to put himself thru 9 kinds of hell trying to live up to the overinflated expectations of his public persona, while at the same time hell-bent on self-destruction in his private life.

Here's a quick peek at that inner conflict.
4 years after retiring, the Yankees still want something more from him...




































and he rebels.

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