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Show F6 The Salt LakeTribune Friday, May 14,1999 CALENDAR Stories About Mickey Mantle, From Mickey Mantle BY MARTIE ZAD THE WASHINGTONPOST One of the best baseball videos ever produced, “Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes to Life.” cameout 10 years ago and was duly acclaimed A current look at this tape con. firms that view. For an hour Mantle tells stories of fact, feat and, most around his rolic that center jorious years as a hero, slugger and “bad boy” of the New York Yankees. Mantle sits in his trophy room at home and tells his stories (nei ther interviewer Lew Early nor his questions are on the tape) in a plain ol’ down-home drawl, often with the back-lot grammar he learned while growing up in Com merce, Okla, It's priceless Mantle, and often while he’s telling his tales, pictures and classic black and-white film clips illustrate the people or events involved During th year uth anniversary of Mantle’s induction into baseball's Hall of Fame (Aug. 12, 1974) Jucer director Rothgeb and Baseball Lew Legend Video are doubling the pleasure of fans with another hour's worth of Mantle stories that didn’t make it onto the original video. Called the “Lost Sto they had been stored ina vault, unseen publicly Over the years. Barly said he was often asked if he had more stories of the lat tlielder, This is the The a new “Mickey I Mantle: Dream Comes till titled ‘The American to Life.” contains the original hour of stories as well as the additional hour. The price is $29.95, plus $1.95 shipping, until the August Hall of Fame anniver sary, at which time it will list for $39.95. (To order, call 1-800-84 6425.) There is additional Mantle information on the Web site www.themick.com Recounting too many of the stories Man tells in his own fashion would poil the video f the viewer, But an mg his recol lections, Mantle tall of his dad's dream for son and how his fa ther and grandfather pitched to himdaily to be sure he attained the goal of playing in the major leagues. He 's how he was signed by Kees scout Ti Greenwadeonatrain heading to Washingtonfor the season’s opener. Healso tells of his awe onhis first visit to Yankee Stadiumand non-interference. It’s a safe but y blanket s will un doubtedly love. Contains oblique DIALOGUE Onthe fun side, he tells of Ca sey Stengel’s tabbing him, Billy Martin and Whitey Ford as “Whiskey Slick,” mentions “nosy Pepitone Joan Woodbury in particular), And hedispels thebelief that he and teammate Roger Maris did not get along. He calls Maris a great player, personandfriend who was amazingly precise about every phase of the game, and adds that if any of the four Mantle sons were lookingfor a role model, he wishes. they would choose Maris. “TheLost Stories” are everybit as warm and charming as the original batch. For baseball fans. especially Mantle buffs, this pro: file leaves a legacy that’s as big a boomer as one of The Mick’s tape: measure home runs. Also new on videotape this ar ‘Trek: Insurrection” minutes Para 1998, 103 mount). 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