Ken Harrelson remembers Mickey Mantle 

lm 74 now l grew up watching Mickey Mantle he was my favorite baseball player and still is to this day,when he passed away l cried we lost one of the greatest player ever and l think some our youth when were kids died with him l will always remember #7

Mickey was the only idol I had other then my father. I cried the day he died. The little boy in me died that day. I was 45. ❤

Mickey Mantle all most always hit his home runs at critical times when the games was on the line.None of these when your up by 10 or down by 10. HE WAS THE MAN.

I loved mickey mantle. I wept uncontrollably the day he died. I was a 45yr old man then. It came from someplace deep inside of me.

I loved Mickey Mantle, all the kids did.!!! What an absolute Icon he was and still is today …in our memories anyway.!!! 😘

Mickey has always been my favorite ball player, and always will. I was lucky to have seen him play.

I can remember in 4th grade getting so excited seeing him on a Friday night game at the stadium. Is that him Dad? Yes!

Mickey was loved by us, and untold millions, who shared that same feeling for this magnificent man!

What a great video. Thanks for posting. Forget his faults, or maybe because of them. And, forget the comparisons to Mays and DiMaggio etc. It's hard to put ones finger on it, but to me, and throngs of others, the Mick "was baseball" and the most magical baseball player of our generation.

Mickey was the type of player you just couldn't take your eyes off! So great and graceful on the field!

I was a Yankees fan my whole life and what got me interested in baseball was the 1961 season. Love me some Mickey Mantle ❤😂

Mickey was an idol because he was great, Mickey was a legend because of what he could have been.

Harrelson is a great storyteller. Loved Hawk as Red Sox broadcaster teamed with Dick Stockton.

One of best players all time Switch hitter, great outfielder, had power, and played great in playoffs and Worldseries !!! That’s when it counts!!! Hard to beat !!!

Best thing is ... The Mick found Jesus and got saved.

Beautiful.. just beautiful... Loved Mickey Mantle...

moreover , a gentleman . the Bob Costas interviews are spectacularly revealing - a great American hero . rip Mick

Mickey Mantle was adored by us kids back then. I have other baseball heroes but not like Mickey.

Almost impossible to hear what he's saying, but if you can hear him, it's worth listening. Very cool.

He was probably the fastest to 1st base ever! Before his legs quit! My favorite player ever !

I'm 70 years old. As a child I WORSHIPED "The Mick"🥰 At 70 y.o. in 2023 I STILL feel that Mickey Charles Mantle is the greatest player to ever wear the pinstripes!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Wish I could hear him.

I’m blessed to be an early boomer and watched many greats including #7. 👍👍💯🇺🇸

I was born in 1949. My parents would visit my uncle in NY state and when always ended up in a bar. No judgment is needed, please. I watched the Yankees greats on TV, all the greats. Mantle, Maris, Yogi, and on and on. An exciting time for baseball.

Used to like it after Mickey would hit a home run and announcer Mel Allen would say “ How about that. “ He said it many times not just for Mickey .

I wish that I could have seen him play. I was three years old when he retired. The stories I've heard are so incredible. And he basically did it on one good leg.

Mickey was my boyhood idol. I watched his funeral on live TV. I believe some of it is on the internet.

Got to skip school with my Dad..to see the Mick play at Tiger Stadium..I didn’t understand much..but I noticed after hitting home run left handed he switched around right handed later in the game and hit another..Dad explained that’s one of reasons why we went to the Game to see the Yankee Great..never forgot that and tried to emulate the Mick playing backyard wiffleball

Volume up. Please. Mickey Mantle great player. Many World Series appearances

here in NYC you only hear about his old teammates. Nice hearing a story from another perspective!

I got to see him live about 15 times. I saw him hit four home runs. Two lefty, one righty, the fourth one I don’t remember. First one 1956, the last one, 1961.

Mark You hit the nail on the head The best switch hitter He played hurt, Could have had 700 homers easily

RUTH MARIS MANTLE MY FAVORITE PLAYERS EVER AMEN 🙏

As a twelve year old, my dad took me to the 1963 World Series, game 4. With Koufax pitching, it was going to be a tough game for New York. But my hero was Mickey Mantle and I was yelling for him to hit a home run each time he came up. But sitting in the Dodgers side of the field, fans would turn around and yell at me to shut up and my dad thought we might get killed. But with the Dodgers safely ahead and Koufax pitching, we were safe for Mantle to hit one out and he did. Years later, I got to have lunch with my dad and Mantle in a little place in Oklahoma. I told him my story and we all laughed! Mickey would always be my hero in baseball but my dad will always be that for me!

Yes many of us remember Mickeys prowness on the bsaeball field , but he was an excellant teacher as well when we are talking hunting . Mickey had a friend who was a doctor , who called Mickey and asked him if he could put down a couple of horses for him because he didnt have the heart to , part of the deal was Mickey wanted to bring Billy Martin with him so they both could hunt the doctor's property after he took care of the 2 horses, which the doctor agreed to. The doctor explained the horses would be in the barn when they got there . So being it was during offseason , him and Billy drive to oklahoma to go "hunting." As they drove and passed by the doctors pastures , the conversation turned to the horses that were out in the pasture , and how the doctor loved his horses. Anyway , what Billy and the doctor didnt know was Mickey had a prank in mind for Billy . So when they pulled up , Mickey tells Billy to wait in the car as he was going to let the doctor know they had arrived , Mickey returns a few minutes later , pissed off and tells Billy to hand him one of the rifles because he's going to shoot some horses in the barn because he's pissed the doctor just informed him that he had changed his mind about them hunting his property , and wanted to teach the doctor a lesson . So Mickey , goes into the barn and is preparing to put the 2 horses out of their misery when all of a sudden he hears 2 gunshots that sound like they came from the pasture , he runs out of the barn and sees Billy coming his way , and he tells Mickey he is pissed too because they drove all that way but now couldnt hunt! so he shot 2 of the horses as well .

Great reminiscences of a classic era in baseball only we could hear them clearly ...

Ken is one of best baseball ⚾️ play by play guys ...Detroit guy, was amazing 👏 also ...only in America 🇺🇸 do you have the greatest baseball announcers ...characters ++

Well Dad Gum. Jest strap 'em back on, and git back in 'air. Hain't not cryin' in BASEBALL.

Didn't Mantle go to the Yankees spring training camp in March 1969 and decide after he got there that his body couldn't take any more? I know that he didn't announce his retirement until March 1969. I don't know if it was absolutely positively set in stone in that game against the Red Sox in September 1968 that Mantle wasn't coming back.

Got the Hawk's autograph at DC Stadium in 68 after a Senators game (vs. Indians) He sat in a Limo while doing so... Got 'Sudden Sam' McDowell and a few others also..

Mickey drank ? So did Winston Churchill. He was paid to play baseball and he did it quite well. I never saw DiMaggio play or Babe Ruth or any of those greats but I did see Mickey more than once in person. He played hurt all of the time.

I can’t understand this video at all with this poor audio. The least you could’ve done is put subtitles in.

Hawk was right up there with Harry Caray for being an entertaining announcer,plus he was informative.I miss him broadcasting the Sox games on WGN.

Mike Ricci ~ Turn up the bleeping VOLUME!!!

I cannot hear a word of what the Hawk has to say!

Great post! I'm stumped trying to find out who is the only other to have both Boston WS ring and White Sox WS ring.

Is there something the matter with this video's volume?

A great tribute and wonderful to know that his friend Bobby Richardson let him to the Lord! Two of my heroes as a kid growing up in the late 50's and 60's.🥲

Melvin you hit the nail on the head 3.1 seconds to first By far the fastest

The game asks a lot of its Greats as music asks a lot from theres

Cannot understand anything he said. Volume was way to low.

I dont know this fella - but i bet hes a good dude -

I can't hear it.

I have a Joe DiMaggio ball, and Mickey on the wall.

Read Joe Pepitone's book. Great stories about the "Mick"

Can’t hear him talk

No sound.

Rushmore of broadcasters for sale you got Frank Gifford you got Keith Jackson a little bit of a drive to spotted Rascal in the I think he's like that but then as we were together for a number of years began to diminish the thing with Howard, when was that the end

Kenny played for the Indians

That is why Mickey's rookie card went for over a million dollars

Harrelson's actual hero was himself.

Horrible audio.

Lousy audio and video. Poor quality. Bad copy.

Does anybody give a shit what Harrelson thinks?! Really?!?!?!?!?!

yon gg healthy mantle greatest player ever=sorry willie, you didn't have his power- sorry babe you coudlknt field or steal bases. Tedddie ballgame-sorry-you were a good but not great fielder, nothing special on bas paths and over your career couldn't hit long ball like mickey mantle

AWFUL AUDIO