The Last Boy (57 page)

Gifford, Frank, 17, 18, 170, 328

Gilbert, Bil, 57, 118

Gilmore Stadium, 15

Giuliani, Rudy, 387

Gleason, Jackie, 194

Gluck, Herb, 60, 345

Gold Glove, 246, 287

Goldstein, Robert, 368, 372, 373

Golenbock, Peter, xix

Gooden, Doc, 136

Gooding, Gladys, 123

Good Morning America
(TV show), 353, 377

Grable, Betty, 7

Grace, C. M., 93-94

Grant, Jim “Mudcat,” 161, 340

Gray, Rob, 158

Grba, Eli, xv, 187, 214-15, 239, 305

Great White Hope, The
(Sackler), 136

Green, Lorraine, 359

Green, Mike, 125

Greenbaum, Harry, 193

Greenberg, Bill, 141, 142, 144, 147

Greenberg, Mark, 339, 343, 344, 347, 351

Greenwade, Angie, 31, 116, 118, 120

Greenwade, Bunch, 31, 65, 69, 291

Greenwade, Florence, 31

Greenwade, Tom, 10, 31, 64-67, 103-4, 107, 114, 117, 120-21, 290

Greer, Wanda, 319

Griffey, Ken, 407, 411

Griffith, Clark, 87, 100, 153, 276

MM’s swing described by, 153

Griffith Stadium, 83-88, 91, 95, 98, 149, 241

Groat, Dick, 201, 268, 270

Gross, Milton, 66, 224, 227, 256, 268

“Growing Up Mantle” (Solotaroff), 320

Guilfoile, Bill, 258

Guinness Book of Records, The
, 90

Haas, Stephen, 109, 111

Halberstam, David, 267

Hall, John, xxi

Hall of Fame, 90, 92, 99, 228, 258

MM inducted into, 303-4

MM’s visit to, 337-38

Halper, Barry, 301, 373-74

Hamey, Roy, 245

Hammie, Darrell, 309

Hampton, Kathleen, 376, 382

Handleman, Bill, 303

Harbor Club’s Christmas Fund, 341-42

Harlem Globetrotters, 116

Harrelson, Hawk, 146

Harris, Bucky, 85, 86, 155

Harwell, Ernie, 261

Hasten, Jack, 69-70, 335, 363-64

Haupert, Michael J., 190

Hawn, Goldie, 272

Hays, Jim, 317, 340-41, 382

Helfer, Al, 128

Hemphill, Eunice, 51

Hemphill, Jay, 51

Henrich, Tommy, 12-13, 24, 33

Hepburn, Audrey, 211

Herbert, Ray, 266, 379

“Here Is New York” (White), 170

Hero All His Life, A
(Mantle family), xxi, 53, 73, 116, 176, 182, 217, 296, 297, 311, 312, 320, 323, 330, 333, 342-43, 347

Heroes in Pinstripes fantasy camp, xix

Herson, Bob, 319

Herzog, Whitey, 21, 152, 227

Hickok Belt, 153, 168-69, 287

Hidden Game of Baseball
(Palmer), 419

Hinton, Ed, 307

Historical Society of Washington, D.C., 97

History of Ottawa County, The
(Nieberding), 62

Hitchcock, Billy, 259-60

Hit Tracker (Web site), 159, 254

Hodges, Gil, 132

Hoeft, Billy, 267

Holly, Buddy, xx

Hollywood Stars, 14, 16

Holtzman, Jerry, 373

home run race of 1961, 210

asterisk decision and, 221

Maris’s start in, 216, 221

media and, 221-22, 224

Merlyn and, 216-17

MM’s off-field behavior and, 217-19

MM’s start in, 215-16

record broken in, 226-28

Honeymooners, The
(TV show), 194

Hood, Wally, 16

Hookstratten, Ed, 17-18

Hooten, Bill, 299, 302, 343

Hoover, J. Edgar, 178

Hope Lodge, 387

Hopp, Johnny, 7, 23

Horne, Lena, 165

Hornsby, Rogers, 223, 234

Horton, Bayard Taylor, 179

Horton, Tom, 179

Houk, Ralph, 18, 19, 34, 87, 108, 111, 195, 211-14, 219, 224, 230-32, 234, 236-37, 257, 258, 259, 266, 280, 282

Houston Astrodome, 286, 301

Howard, Arlene, 163, 170, 172, 298

Howard, Elston, 163, 170, 213, 242, 275-76, 298

Howard, Frank, 153, 275-76

Howard, Ken, 310

Howard, Linda Fetters, 309-10, 311, 313, 319, 334

Howard University, 92, 96

Hudson, Rock, 234

Huggins, Miller, 151, 261

Hughes, Sarah Tilghman, 383

Hulsman, Ruth, 62

“I Love Mickey” (song), 289

Independence Yankees, 68, 335

Inhofe, James, 46

Institute of Aeronautical Research, 252

International Herald Tribune
, 303

International Union of Doll, Toy and Novelty Workers, 178

Irvin, Monte, 32, 138

Isaacs, Stan, 13, 193, 240

Isaacson, Julius, 127, 178, 219, 224, 227-28, 234, 306-8

Isaacson, Selma, 227

Isolated Power, 418

Izenberg, Jerry, 374

Jackson, Jesse, 378

Jackson, Reggie, 135-36, 138, 239, 307, 364

Jacobson, Max, 210-12, 225-26

Jacobson, Thomas, 225

James, Bill, xxi, 134, 137, 425

Jenkinson, Bill, 99

Jensen, Jackie, 10, 15, 77

Jeter, Derek, 136

Jewish
Daily Forward
, 129

Jobs, Steve, 371-72

Johnson, Billy, 65

Johnson, Darrell, 229

Johnson, Giles, 75, 182, 296

Johnson, Greer, 60, 182, 310-11, 316-17, 319, 325, 326, 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 337, 341-42, 347, 349, 376, 378, 382, 385

Johnson, Jack, 136

Johnson, Lyndon B., 140, 383

Johnson, Magic, 137-38

Johnson, Randy, 16

Jones, Edwin, 164, 165-66, 180, 181

Jones, Leonard, 166

Jones, Rhubarb, 352

Joplin Miners, 9, 69, 70

Jordan, Phil, xiv

Justice Department, U.S., 45

Kaat, Jim, 136, 155

Kandel, Eric R., xxiii, 157-59

Kane, Bill, 276

Kansas City A’s, 150, 163, 180, 192, 246, 248-50, 254, 260

Kansas City Blues, 25-26, 119, 412

Kansas City Star
, 26

Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri (KOM) League, xxii, 68

Kansi, Mir Aimal, 93

Kavli Institute for Brain Science, 158

Keane, Johnny, 268, 270

Keel, Howard, 8

Keheley, Ed, 44-47

Kell, George, 64

Kelly, Grace, 175

Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted,” 293, 322

Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, 85, 212

Kennedy, John F., 148, 204, 211-12

Kennedy, John F., Jr., 212

Kennedy, Robert F., 5, 212, 274

Khrushchev, Nikita, 211

Kilgallen, Dorothy, 164, 171, 183

Killebrew, Harmon, 234

Kiner, Ralph, 15

King, Martin Luther, Jr., xvii, 5, 274

Kingman, Dave, 16

Kleinknect, Bob, 91

Klepfer, Ellis, 334

Klepfer, Katy, 328, 334, 336, 337

Klepfer, Mike, 29-30, 35, 294, 312, 325, 328-29, 334-35, 336, 337-38, 346-47, 377

Klineline, Pauline, 51, 52

Klintmalm, Göran, 367-70, 371, 372, 373

Klores, Dan, 318

Knievel, Evel, 372

Kosco, Andy, 242, 280, 281

Koufax, Sandy, 4, 261-62

Kraly, Steve, 69, 240

Krichell, Paul, 67

Kubek, Tony, vii, 25, 168, 191, 202, 204, 238, 239, 240, 241, 243, 245, 262, 264-65, 291, 325, 341, 353

Kubek, Tony, III, 245

Kucks, Johnny, 151, 163, 165-67

Kuenn, Harvey, 152, 159

Kuhn, Bowie, 140, 142, 205

Kuzava, Bob, 34, 108

La Guardia, Fiorello, 142

Landry, Tom, 383

Lane, Bobby, 93

Lane, Frank, 15

Lang, Jack, 171

Larsen, Don, vii, 132, 181, 192

LaRussa, Tony, 156, 249-51, 252

Lary, Frank, 161

Latin Quarter, 127, 354

Law, Vern, 201

Layne, Bobby, 214

Leake, Buddy, 239

LeDroit Park, 91-92, 93, 96, 98

Lee, Bill, 16

Lewis, Carl, 386

Lewis, Jerry, 164

Lewis, Richard, 371

“Lewis Needs a Kidney,” 371

Library of Congress, 97, 314

Liddle, Don, 128

Liederman, Bill, 317-18, 323, 327, 329, 332, 333, 340, 341, 374

Life
, 22

Lifson, Robert, 316

Lillie, Glenn, 309, 317

Lingo, Charlene, 66

Lingo, Johnny, 66

Linwood Country Club, 144

Linz, Phil, 195, 238, 246, 264-66, 272, 275

Lipsyte, Robert, xii, xx, xxiv, 205

Lois, George, 273-74, 294, 324

Lolich, Mickey, 154, 272

Lombardi, Carl, 24, 69, 70, 303-4

Lombardi, Vince, 356

Lon, Alice, 383

Lonborg, Jim, 279-81

Long, Dale, 253

Look
, 127, 354

Lopat, Eddie, 13, 32, 127, 249-51, 260

Lopez, Hector, 186-87, 253

Los Angeles Angels, 214-15, 245

Los Angeles Coliseum, 132, 133

Los Angeles Dodgers, 133, 261

Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner
, 18

Los Angeles Times
, 14, 16, 19, 145

Louis, Joe, 142, 273

Lovelace, Delbert, 12

Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, 381

Lovrich, Tom, 16

Lowy, John, 327-29, 333

Lumpe, Jerry, 64, 169, 174, 242, 252, 253

Lynn, Fred, 16

Lyons, Jeffrey, 166

Lyons, Leonard, 164, 165-66

Macris, George, 331

Madden, Bill, 291

Major League Baseball Players Association, 190, 282, 316

Make-A-Wish Foundation, 340

Mallon, Bob, 68-69

Manson, Charles, 293

Mantle, Barbara, 26, 50, 52, 53, 55, 57, 74, 79, 244, 362, 363, 379

Mantle, Billy Giles, 306, 310, 362, 386

birth of, 217-18

cancer of, 306, 308-9, 348, 358-59

death of, 323, 349-50

MM’s relationship with, 295-97, 319-20

substance abuse by, 312, 321, 348, 373

Mantle, Charles, 50, 51, 74, 80, 119, 160, 161, 195

Mantle, Chloe, 386

Mantle, Danny, 45, 74, 108, 110, 182, 312, 317, 318, 328, 329, 348, 350-51, 352, 363, 373, 387

alcoholism of, 311, 342-43, 347

MM’s final days and, 376-78, 380-81

MM’s relationship with, xxii, 188, 294-96, 311, 319-20, 321-22

Mantle, David, xvii, xxii, 45, 53, 110, 153, 172, 199, 217, 310, 312, 320-21, 330, 332, 340, 341, 346, 347-48, 349, 350-51, 363, 364, 374, 386, 387

MM’s final days and, 376, 380-81

MM’s relationship with, 294-97, 319-20, 321

Mantle, Elven “Mutt,” xv, xxi, 20, 23-24, 30, 39, 41, 42, 49-51, 53-54, 56, 59, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 78, 82, 84, 147, 160, 161, 199, 204, 205, 244, 295-96, 331, 333, 362, 363, 374, 387

alcoholism of, 59-60

death of, 78-79

illness of, 36-37, 42, 74-76

MM’s grief letter to, 345-47

MM’s knee injury and, 32-33, 35-36

MM’s relationship with, 26-28, 50, 52, 57-58, 69-70, 147-48

wedding and honeymoon of, 73-74

Mantle, Emmett, 28, 49, 80

Mantle, Eugene “Tunney,” 41, 57, 59, 63, 69, 74, 80

Mantle, Frank, xxii

Mantle, George, 49

Mantle, Kay, 329-30, 342-43, 348, 350, 352, 363, 373

Mantle, Larry, 26, 50-54, 57, 58, 59, 74, 79, 81, 119, 153, 169, 294, 323, 362, 363, 379

Mantle, Lovell Davis, 50, 51-53, 54, 56-57, 59, 74-75, 78, 79, 81-82, 116, 143, 217, 231, 244, 303, 333, 362-63

Mantle, Mae, 49

Mantle, Mallory, 386, 387

Mantle, Marilyn, 386

Mantle, Max, 43, 49, 52-53, 54, 55, 57-58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 74, 80, 116, 117, 120-21

Mantle, Merlyn, xxii, 4, 10, 23, 26-27, 28-29, 36, 39, 40, 42, 45, 47, 53, 59, 60, 76-77, 81, 84, 163, 168, 179, 182, 188, 194, 204, 214, 219, 225, 226, 230, 242, 243, 244, 245, 273, 282, 290, 291, 294, 296, 297, 299-300, 304, 305, 313, 320, 328-29, 335, 341, 348, 356, 360, 361, 364, 372, 378-79, 380, 381, 382

alcoholism of, 312, 342-43

Billy Mantle’s death and, 349-50

Copa incident and, 165

death of, 387

heart attack of, 349

learning disability of, 45

MM-Martin friendship and, 115-16

MM’s death obsession and, 195-96

MM’s relationship with, 71-72, 311-12

MM’s womanizing and, 176, 177, 309-12

in move to Dallas, 185

Mutt’s death and, 79

second honeymoon of, 300

separation from MM, 329-31, 332

stroke suffered by, 311-12

trophy room and, 287, 386

wedding and honeymoon of, 73-74

as Yankee wife, 216-17

Mantle, Mickey

alcoholism of, xviii-xxi, 25, 59, 181-82, 188, 217, 246, 259-60, 272-73, 304-5, 310, 311-14, 319, 324-26, 330-32, 341, 360

analysis of swing of, 405-16

banned from baseball, 140, 143, 205, 286

baseball in childhood of, 56-58

bed-wetting of, 55-56

best catch of, 132

biographies of, xxi

birth of, xiii, 50

bleeding ulcer of, 305

boyhood home of, 39

broken foot of, 255-56

bubble gum incident and, 117-18

career statistics of, 24-25, 135, 136-37, 150, 152, 246, 267, 273, 276-77, 418-20

childhood of, 54-55

classic photographs of, xiii-xiv, xix-xx, 82

competitiveness of, 55, 57

congenital muscle-tissue imbalance of, 106

Copa incident testimony of, 180-81

on cover of
Time
, 90

death of, xviii, 381

death obsession of, 194-96

death threat against, 104-5, 193-94, 200

demoted to minor leagues, 25

descriptions of, xiii, xx, 13, 106

draft status of, 20, 28, 84, 105, 193

emotional reserve of, 53-54

empathy of, 239-41

end of marriage of, 329-31, 332

endorsement deals and, 90, 113-14, 273-74, 301-2, 353

estate of, 364, 386

family history of, 49-52

fast-food franchise of, 293-94

as father, 295-97, 319-20

FBI file on, 178-79

first autobiography of, 90

as first base coach, 297-98, 300

as first baseman, 281

first major league call-up of, 70

first major league game of, 22

first World Series game of, 31

500th home run of, 273

football and, 60-61

funeral of, 381-83

gallbladder surgery of, 305

games lost to injury and, 112

generosity of, 243-45

Gold Glove of, 246, 287