Mickey Mantle: The Mick | Full Story for Sleep

He played on ruined knees and still became the most beloved Yankee of them all. This is the full story of Mickey Mantle: the Commerce kid, the Triple Crown, the M and M Boys, and the long fall of a hero who never stopped swinging. Settle in, and fall asleep to history. Chapters: 00:00 Settling In 01:23 The Commerce Kid 04:02 The Rookie 06:56 The Triple Crown 09:23 The M and M Boys 11:43 The Long Decline 13:57 Legacy and Goodnight Photo credits: Commerce, Oklahoma — photo by Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 4.0 Griffith Stadium, Washington, late 1950s — photo by Cindy Grossi, CC BY 2.0 Mickey Mantle in 1988 — photo by Preston Mesarvey, CC BY-SA 2.0 Mickey Mantle in the outfield at Griffith Stadium, Washington — photo by Cindy Grossi, CC BY-SA 2.0 Mickey Mantle monument, Commerce, Oklahoma — photo by AbeEzekowitz, CC BY-SA 3.0 Mickey Mantle monument, Monument Park, Yankee Stadium — photo by Silent Wind of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0 Mickey Mantle's Hall of Fame plaque, Cooperstown — photo by Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 Mickey Mantle's boyhood home, Commerce, Oklahoma — photo by Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 Mickey Mantle's boyhood home, Commerce, Oklahoma — photo by Ericabaker63, CC BY-SA 4.0 Mickey Mantle's retired number 7, Monument Park, Yankee Stadium — photo by Greenreaper13, CC BY-SA 3.0 Monument Park, Yankee Stadium — photo by Silent Wind of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0 Old Yankee Stadium, the Bronx — photo by N-Lange.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 All other photos are in the public domain. Narration is AI-generated.