Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin both played for the Yankees in the 1950s, Mickey's first year was 1951. This book is mostly about Mickey, but also their friendship and the trouble they would get into. All night binges and bar fights, missing flights and trains and generally making the management mad. However, one of them was Mickey Mantle so lots of it was overlooked. Billy was ultimately traded, as he was a 'bad influence', it was thought, but since that did not end Mickey's behaviour that turned out to not be the case. A great narrative of an important time in baseball and the impact the stars made on the game.
