I will say, Mantle had a gorgeous swing. Just pure power. I was stepping through it frame by frame, and he looked like spring uncoiling, just pure power, in balance, face ahead.
Just remarkable.
Sad. When you watch him, something isn’t right. He doesn’t seem at all comfortable. I know part of that is due to us knowing now what he was like then. Mays looked oddly tense, too.
Mantle was perfect. Perfect ballplayer. Perfect city. Perfect team. Perfect time. Never be able to capture that time again.
As close to the perfect swing as I've ever seen. We should teach kids to swing like Mickey Mantle.
He was a great bunter, too.