Mantle didn't want to stick out, but he did. He didn't wish to be treated as special, but he was. He was uncomfortable being the center of attention, but he was the centerfielder for the most famous franchise in sports. — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
Cape Cod baseball dates back to the time of the Civil War. A poster at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown touts a round-trip… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
By the time I joined the 'Washington Post' sports staff in 1979, Red's Runyonesque notion of sports writing was obsolete. — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
The modern era of Cape Cod baseball dawned in 1963 when the league became a showcase for the collegiate elite. — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
For Mantle, the Yankees' locker room was a sanctuary, a safe haven where he was understood, accepted and, when necessary, exonerated. — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
The world is not kind to whistleblowers - a term of art with particular resonance in football, the most hierarchical and repressive of organized… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
Babe Ruth didn't become her father until 18 months after he married her mother, Claire, on April 17, 1929, Opening Day of the baseball… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
For most of my adult life, I dreaded the day I woke up and saw my mother in the mirror. It never happened. But,… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
In Naples, Fla., I met a self-made man, a multimillionaire, whose round penthouse apartment is home to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Henry Moore, and Mickey Mantle. He had purchased the most coveted items auctioned by the Mantle family at Madison Square Garden in December 2003. — Jane Leavy Copy Share
There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak to whom and when. — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
Some scholars attribute the decline in nicknaming to the evolutionary process that turned folk heroes into entrepreneurs. The truth is: George Herman Ruth, the… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
Led by a new generation of edgy sportswriters like Lipsyte, we found new purpose in the great issues of the day - race, equal… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
Trauma is not the sole province of victims. If that were true, soldiers returning from Afghanistan wouldn't suffer from PTSD. — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
