Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, The Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age

Written by Allen Barra

Narrated by Andrew Garman

Allen Barra is a contributing editor of American Heritage magazine and a widely acclaimed sportswriter. In Mickey and Willie, Barra reveals the surprising commonalities of two of the most heralded baseball players of the 20th century. Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays had vastly different backgrounds. But when it came to baseball, they possessed surprisingly similar athletic abilities, played the same position, and shared a close friendship unknown to many.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: May 14, 2013
• ISBN: 9781470347222

Allen Barra

Allen Barra writes a column for the Wall Street Journal and Salon.com. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and is also heard regularly on Major League Baseball Radio. He lives in South Orange, New Jersey. He is the author of Clearing the Bases: The Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century, among other books.