On Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays

There are but a few men whose names will be remembered by baseball fans for generation after generation.

Among those legends are Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. Two of baseball’s greatest players, both have been studied extensively since their first forays into the batter’s box, but until now no one has ever taken a comprehensive look at just how similar these contemporaries were. Join renowned sportswriter Allen Barra, author of Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball’s Golden Age, for a side-by-side analysis of Mantle and Mays that shines new light on both of these sports giants.