After defeating the Kansas City A’s 3-0 that night at Yankee Stadium, many guys went out with Martin to party. They went to one of the swankest clubs in town, the Copacabana. Martin went out with Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Hank Bauer, Johnny Kucks,...

Going back to the early 1980s, Lost Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela suddenly found himself surrounded by Fernando-mania. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were famous rivals before they even reached the NBA. When I was a kid, the ebullient...

I thought of Marconi and Tesla, or Einstein and Augustine, even Wilma Rudolph and Barbara Jordan. I thought what an opportunity it would be to actually look across the table or take a long walk with Mickey Mantle, Teddy Roosevelt, Howard Thurman, or...

Noting it seemed impossible to see all 645 – “that would be like matching Babe Ruth’s 714 home runs” – they set a more modest goal. “We’d see 600 species of birds by the age of 50. That seemed like hitting 500 home runs, like Mickey Mantle, or Eddie...

I’ve lived in Massachusetts for 40 years. I grew up a Tigers fan, of course, and Al Kaline was my hero. I remember one game, we were at Tigers Stadium, Briggs Stadium we called it back then, and the guy in the next box was cheering 'Mickey Mantle,...

Tigers or Red Sox? Mitt Romney: Oh, Red Sox, I’m afraid. I’ve lived in Massachusetts for 40 years. I grew up a Tigers Fan, of course, and Al Kaline was my hero. I remember one game, we were at Tigers Stadium, Briggs Stadium we called it back then, and...