SI Vault: Mickey Mantle's legacy, 20 years after his death

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Baseball Americana - Besides his reputed 565-foot moonshot at Griffith Stadium in 1953 (from the right side), Mickey Mantle twice (1956, 1963) came within a few feet – inches in one instance –

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SI Vault: The legacy of Mickey Mantle

SI Vault: Mickey Mantle's legacy, 20 years after his death - Sports Illustrated

SI Vault: Mickey Mantle's legacy, 20 years after his death - Sports Illustrated

SI Vault: Mickey Mantle's legacy, 20 years after his death - Sports Illustrated

Long before Jeter and the Players Tribune, Mickey Mantle wrote Sport's Illustrated's April 1994 cover article, Time In A Bottle, detailing his alcoholism and recovery. Even as a Sox fan, it remains