Here What Whitey Ford Said About Yogi Berra - I have heard all the Yogi stories and have been involved in some, But when I think of Yogi, I realize there is so much to him--he has a great family, He is so honest, And helps his friends any way he can. The only bad thing I can say about Yogi is he never bought me a beer!
Yogi understood about not wasting your life, he was at Normandy and drove the landing craft towards to beach where he dropped off the soldiers and watched them get mowed down and than he would go back and get another group with the same result. So it probably made him mad to watch Mick waste his life away drinking when many of our boys never even had a chance at living their lives.
@JENDALL714 The reason you saw Mays as a Met and Aaron as a Brewer was because in part, both wanted to retire in the city that they began their careers...Mantle never would have left the Yankees no matter how long he played...But I agree, I am glad he retired when he did...But I am also glad that Willie got to end his career in New York.
I'm not a drinker. I do think most old-time Lite Beer From Miller commercials were pretty funny, though. However, Mickey Mantle's drinking problem was so bad that his sons didn't really know him. It shortened his career, and it shortened his life. In his waning years, Mickey did give up the drinking, and he tried a liver transplant, but by then it was too late. The damage was done, and he died at 63.
I hated seeing Mick in the 70's, bad hair and even worse clothes! I am kind of glad that he retired before playing into 1970's, he would have probably ended up an Expo in those bad 70's pull over jersey uniforms! I like to remember Mick as he was, clean cut with a crew cut hitting homers! It was bad enough we had to see Mays as a Met and Aaron as Brewer!
Everybody had bad hair and bad clothes in the 70s--if they had hair. It could have been worse. Mickey might have had sideburns and a mustache, like Billy Martin.