"Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age, almost the same size, and came to New York at the same time. They possessed virtually the same talents, and played the same position. They were both products of generations of baseball-playing families, for whom the game was the only escape from a lifetime of brutal manual labor. Both were nearly crushed by the weight of the outsized expectations placed on them, first by their families and later by America. Both lived secret lives far different from those their fans knew. What their fans also didn't know was that the two men shared a close personal friendship--and that each was the only man who could truly understand the other's experience"--
- ISBN10 1299558100
- ISBN13 9781299558106
- Publish Date 1 January 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 April 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Crown Archetype
- Format eBook
- Language English