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Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life^®
The Award-Winning Videography™ Program & Its Companion Volume Official Web Site & Catalog - Featuring Mickey Mantle's Life Story

Color photo of Mickey Mantle posing in his right-handed batting stance at Yankee Stadium in New York

Selected Video Clips
from our award-winning documentary
Mickey Mantle: The American Dream
Comes To Life^® The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition
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Color photo of Mickey Mantle watching his left-handed home run as it goes into the right-field stands at Yankee Stadium in New York

Video Clips & Footage from our #1 Best-Selling DVD of Mickey Mantle's Life Story
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How I Became a Yankee	How I Signed My First Yankees' Contract
My Knee Injury in the 1951 World Series	My First Great Thrill in Baseball
Billy Martin the Jokester	Billy Martin Pranks Jackie Jensen
How Whitey Ford Got Nicknamed "Slick"	Breaking Curfew with Billy Martin in Boston
The Fight at the Copacabana Nightclub	Billy Martin Gets Traded
Flying into a Storm over the Great Lakes	My Swimming Race with Roger Maris
The 1961 Home Run Race with Roger Maris	"The Hardest Ball I Ever Hit"
*My "Called Shot"* in the 1964 World Series**	*The Denny McLain "Gift"* Home Run**
The Billy Martin Cow Story

Selected Stories & Footage Excerpted from the Award-Winning Program Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life^® - The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition
How I Became a Yankee
Mickey tells the story of how he was discovered by Yankees scout Tom Greenwade at a high-school game in Oklahoma, and how Greenwade signed him to the New York Yankees. (4:03) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life^® - The Lost Stories") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
How I Signed My First Yankees' Contract
Mickey tells the story of how his first Yankees' contract was engineered by Casey Stengel on the train ride to Opening Day (2:51) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: The Lost Stories^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
My Knee Injury in the 1951 World Series
Mickey tells how his knee was injured in the first game of the 1951 World Series at Yankee Stadium, and how he found out about his father's illness. (2:37) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
My First Great Thrill in Baseball
Mickey tells the story about his first great thrill as a Yankee, in the 1951 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers and Jackie Robinson. (1:28) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: The Lost Stories^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
Billy Martin the Jokester
Mickey talks about how Billy Martin loved to play pranks and practical jokes - even on the legendary Joe DiMaggio! (1:41) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
Billy Martin Pranks Jackie Jensen
Mickey tells the story about how Billy Martin played a practical joke on Jackie Jensen - who had a great fear of flying - on the team's flight to Japan to play exhibition games. (1:22) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
How Whitey Ford Got Nicknamed "Slick"
Mickey tells the story of how his best friend Whitey Ford got the nickname "Slick" when Casey Stengel lectured the Yankees during a team meeting. (2:03) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
Breaking Curfew with Billy Martin in Boston
Mickey tells how he and Billy Martin arrived at their hotel in Boston after curfew and how they managed to get past Casey and back to their room. (1:45) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
The Fight at the Copacabana Nightclub
Mickey tells the story about the brawl at the Copacabana nightclub, when a fight broke out between Yankees' players and some drunken patrons while celebrating Billy Martin's birthday. (3:33) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
Billy Martin Gets Traded
Mickey tells the story of how his best friend Billy Martin was traded from the Yankees to the Kansas City *Athletics, breaking up the "Three Musketeers"* - Mickey, Billy Martin & Whitey Ford. (1:26) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
Flying into a Storm Over the Great Lakes
Mickey tells the story about how the Yankees flew into a vicious storm over the Great Lakes, and how some of the players reacted to it. (1:19) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: The Lost Stories^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
My Swimming Race with Roger Maris
Mickey tells the story about how Whitey Ford helped Mickey rig a swimming race with Roger Maris at Bob Turley's house in Baltimore. (1:41) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
The 1961 Home Run Race with Roger Maris
Mickey talks about his home run race with Roger Maris in 1961, the year Maris broke Babe Ruth's single season record by hitting 61 home runs. (0:53) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
"The Hardest Ball I Ever Hit"
Mickey tells the story about "the hardest ball I ever hit" - his walk-off home run off Bill Fischer on May 22, 1963. It hit the Yankee Stadium facade and missed going out of Yankee Stadium by mere inches. (0:59) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
My "Called Shot" in the 1964 World Series
Mickey tells the story of his walk-off World Series home run off Barney Schultz of the Cardinals in the 1964 World Series. It was The Mick's 16th Series home run, and it broke Babe Ruth's record World Series home run record. (1:19) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
The Denny McLain "Gift" Home Run
Mickey tells the story about how Denny McLain "gifted" Mickey his career home run #535 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit during Mickey's last season. (2:00) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)
The Billy Martin Cow Story
Mickey tells the story of how he went hunting in the off-season in Texas one year with Billy Martin. Mickey decided to play a prank on Billy with dire, yet hilarious, consequences. This is regarded by many to be the greatest of all of Mickey's stories. (2:57) (excerpted from "Mickey Mantle: *The American Dream Comes To Life^®") CLICK HERE to Go Back to the List of Video Clips of Mickey's Stories CLICK HERE to order The Mick's* Deluxe Edition DVD (Mickey Mantle's Life Story)

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We highly recommend Mickey's Videography^™ Program:
Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life^®
The Deluxe Lost Stories Edition (2 hours)
Now on DVD with nearly 200 on-screen pages of bonus features!
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We also recommend the second Videography^™ Program
in the Comes To Life^® Program Series:
John Madden: The American Dream Comes To Life^® (1 hour)
Now on DVD! The original program in its entirety - not one frame has been omitted.
"60 delightful minutes - A must!" - USA Today, The Washington Post, The Oakland Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, The TODAY Show, ESPN...

John Madden: The American Dream Comes To Life Cover and DVD
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