LEGEND OF THE MICK: 100 GREAT MICKEY MANTLE STORIESTABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTORY QUOTESINTRODUCTIONPART ONE: A CHRONOLOGICAL JOURNEY THROUGH MANTLE'SLIFE AND CAREER--HUMBLE BEGINNINGS--LIFE-THREATENING INJURY--OPPORTUNITY BECKONS--AN AUSPICIOUS DEBUT--MOVING UP THE LADDER--A TASTE OF THE BIG APPLE--SPRING PHENOM--GROWING PAINS--OCTOBER DISASTER--GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES--WORLD SERIES HERO--BALKY KNEES AND MOON SHOTS--FIVE IN A ROW!--COMING UP SHORT--THE DODGERS' REVENGE--THE GREATEST SEASON--BACK ON TOP--FIGHT CLUB--UNFAMILIAR FOES--THE '58 MVP SNUB--REWRITING THE SCRIPT--A YEAR TO FORGET--A NEW HOPE--THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY--THE '61 HOME RUN RACE--WATCHING IT FROM THE BENCH--AFTERGLOW--THE LAST HURRAH--THE SHORT SEASON--A LESSON IN HUMILITY--YOGI AT THE HELM--GOING OUT WITH A BANG!--THE YANKEES IN DECLINE--A NEW LOW--SEA OF STRANGERS--END OF AN ERA--BULDING A LIFE AFTER BASEBALL--RETURN TO THE BRONX--INTO THE HALLOWED HALL--OUTSIDE LOOKING IN--OFF THE RAILS--SOBER AT LAST--MAKING AMENDS--FINAL SWINGS --REFLECTIONSPART TWO:ASSORTED ANECDOTES--DOGGY PADDLER--FAMILY CURSE--HOW ENOS SLAUGHTER SAVED MANTLE'S CAREER--THE SPOOK LIGHT--MICKEY AND MERLYN: A PORTRAIT OF THE EARLY YEARS--ROOKIE JITTERS--TEMPER, TEMPER!--SWITCHING NUMBERS--JINXED--MANTLE AND DIMAGGIO: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING--ELUDING THE EYES--CASEY AND MICKEY: A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP--BIRTH OF THE TAPE MEASURE HOMER--THE PRICE OF FAME--THE BUBBLE GUM INCIDENT--NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET--PERSONS OF INTEREST --THE FORGOTTEN TWINS--A VISIT TO THE FAR EAST--MANTLE VERSUS THE SHIFT--MANTLE VERSUS "TERRIBLE TED"--THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE--THE WRATH OF NEWCOMBE--UNRULY GUESTS--STUFFING THE BALLOT BOX-A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS--EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES--THE ALL-STAR BET--THE ORGINAL HOME RUN DERBY--THERE'S ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE-THE BALLAD OF MICKEY AND GEORGE--BOX OFFICE BONANZA--KEEPING IT UNDER WRAPS--PTICHERS WHO OWNED THE MICK--BATTING UNDER THE INFLUENCE--THE KING OF SWING--ACTS OF GENEROSITY--MARIS UNDER SIEGE--THE QUALITY OF BLUNTNESS--THE EIGHTH WONDER--TOLERATING THE PAIN--HALF-BAKED--DRAMA AT "MICKEY MANTLE DAY"--GAME SHOW CELEBRITY--"PEPI" AND THE MILLION DOLLAR BAT--A NEUROMUSCULAR GENIOUS--NOW PITCHING FOR THE YANKEES: ROCKY COLAVITO--THE GIFT-WRAPPED HOMER--DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS--WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, MICKEY MANTLE?--SHOOTING SPREE--AN EASY TARGET--SOBER INSIGHTS--THE CONTROVERSIAL TRANSPLANT--THE CARDS THAT NOBODY WANTED--THE VOICE OF GODAPPENDIX I. BATTING STATISTICS - FRANCHISE RANKINGSAPPENDIX II. RECORDS HELDAPPENDIX III. PRODUCT ENDORSEMENTSAPPENDIX IV. ANNUAL SALARYAPPENDIX V. CHRONOLOGYAPPENDIX VI. HOME RUN VICTIMS APPENDIX VII. TV AND MOVIE CREDITS.