Today marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of our beloved dad, Mickey Mantle. My brother and I feel incredibly grateful to honor his memory alongside family, friends, and his devoted fans. If he were here with us today—which we all wish—he would be proud beyond words of the unwavering support from those who continue to keep his spirit alive in their hearts.
Thank you to all of Mickey’s loyal fans for your enduring love and remembrance throughout the years. We love and miss him deeply.
With love,
Your family, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren
Beautiful words above by the family
Thoughts & Prayers on this day
Mickey Mantle was my boy hood idol
He was larger than life & the reason I grew up to be a die hard yankee fan to this day
All my friends in my Brooklyn neighborhood in the ‘60s were Mickey fans
I passed down my enduring love for Mickey to my two sons
Mantle was the embodiment of the American Dream and symbolized the Golden Era of Yankee baseball and baseball in general
He was a true icon
His legacy will live on forever
Sincerely
Mike Pinto
A hero on and off the field!
Mickey Mantle was a legend! We love #7 the greatest Yankee of all time !!!
Watched baseball with my grandmother when I went to her house. She loved the Yankees, her favorite player was Mickey,
Some of our favorite times together. Till this day, love to watch them play!!
My boyhood hero ,God bless him he was as good as there was and a
courageous athlete may he always be remembered.
Thirty years since we lost undoubtedly the greatest giant of not only the Yankees, but the entire game of baseball. His commitment to the game was and is still an inspiration to so many. His legacy of FairPlay, strength even when in physical pain and the elegance of the way he aprouched the game has never been equaled.
1961 my first realization of baseball & the Yankees. There was Mickey. His greatness on the field made me a lifelong fan. However his humbleness and humor at the end of his life made me admire him as a person.
Happy heavenly birthday Mickey. Thank you for making me a Yankees fan at an early age — thanks to my brother-in-law Johnny – watching TV with him every Sunday. You were his geatest IDOL.
Happy Birthday Mickey, you will always be remembered as one of the greatest Yankees of all time. I remember that fateful day you stepped in that sprinkler head at the stadium an tore up your knee. How much more could you have been to the Yankees and baseball if that never occurred.
OMG; 30 years!!As Mantle stated when he retired that “he was the luckiest man in the world”, well 30 years later at age 70 I considered myself the luckiest woman in the world to live this memorial of this great man.
We miss you, Mick, even though the broadcasters cut you down every night as well as the manager I wonder who they think hit the façade twice..
Mickey Mantle was a great baseball player and a real man. He will never be replaced.
I have devoted 30+ years of my life to the research of Mickey’s life and career. Over the years, the more I learned, the more respect I held for him and the more in awe of the man I became. I named two of my sons after him (Mickey and Charles). #7s memory will live forever.
It’s so hard to believe he’s been gone for 30 years. I was too young to have seen him play since he retired when I was 6. Arguably the greatest to ever play the game, my father took me to his HOF induction in ‘74 which was quite memorable. Although I never met The Mick I do have 2 autographs. I also had the honor of being a guest of Mike Pinto’s “Step Up To The Mike” show & talk to Danny Mantle & Billy Martin Jr. I truly regret never seeing Mickey play, especially in his prime. R.I.P. #7
Mickey’s #7 became my lucky number! He was my idol when I was a young girl. My family were Yankee fans & I had a whole scrapbook mostly of Mickey!!
We all know Mickey is the most talented baseball player ever. He is remembered and still beloved by fans, but not only in New York or USA, but in the whole world.
I assure you that we love him here in Mexico, where he’s an idol even for the new generations of Yankees fans. Mickey will live forever in our hearts.
Let me send all his family a great hug on this special day from down here in Yucatán, México.
We all loved the Mick! A Yankee Stadium staple! Wish I still had his rookie card!
Great memories.
When you think of baseball you think of Mickey Mantle and that will NEVER CHANGE! He’s more than a baseball icon he’s an AMERICAN icon. Even with all the strength and conditioning these players have today ,they couldn’t hold a candle to Mick and could you imagine what he’d be capable in today’s era?? Long live the legend !!!
No athelete compares to Mickey. A legend on and off the field. A true national treasure.
MICKEY WAS THE BEST!! PEOPLE LIKE MICHAEL KAY NEED TO LEARN THEIR YANKEE HISTORY BEFORE SPEAKING ABOUT THE GREAT ONE!!!
You are so right jimmy Aaron Boone should have more respect for a player like Mickey saying it’s impossible, that Mickey went from home to first base in 3.1 seconds being impossible. Mick helped his team win seven of those World Series. They love to mention.. surprised he didn’t say Mickey doesn’t have 6 records in World Series play to this day! i’m sure he thinks that’s BS too.
May he rest in peace. One of the greatest players to play the game. My dad loved watching him play and Mickey was his favorite player. He had an autograph picture of him in his office than he passed down to my nephew.
Mickey is my baseball and life hero. I was a career Firefighter and I sustained many injuries. Mickey’s inspiration helped me work through so many recoveries and painful days, but like him, I went to work. If he could do it, I could do it. I admire his talent and his humanity. My husband and I are lifelong Yankee fans, and that era is my favorite. My dad was a Brooklyn Dodger fan but he loved Mickey. He gave me an autographed photo of him and it hangs in our Yankee room, along with the picture of me in Monument Park with our beloved Number 7. Thank you for the opportunity to write some thoughts about my favorite Yankee.
Hello Originally from NY then moving to Texas, I met Mickey when I was a cashier at a local supermarket. He and a friend with him went into my lane and bought 2 pints of Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey ice cream. I said to him, “You look familiar”. He looked at me and without speaking formed his name “Mickey, Mickey”. I said, “Yes, I thought so!” He smiled and wondered why I recognized him. I told him I noticed his Hall of Fame ring on his left hand and his reply was: “You have good eyes!” His friend was amused and chuckled at our conversation. Then they left. I didn’t want to ask for an autograph because I respected the man. Just meeting him in person was the thrill of my life at that time and 30 years later I’ll never forget it. When I was around 8 years old, I had a shoebox of baseball cards (with Mickey included). That was in the 1960s. My mother found the box and without knowing to look inside, she threw it out. Putting the cards aside, meeting Mickey will always be priceless to me forever. Thank you David and Danny for sharing this website and for keeping his legacy alive. I’m also sure he’s looking down at Bobby Richardson and wishing him a happy 90th birthday today. May God bless them.
As a kid who grew up in the Bronx in the 1960’s, Mickey Mantle was a hero to me and all my friends. I thought fellow fans might appreciate an essay I recently wrote exploring the subject of why we loved him so much. Here’s a link to it. The essay was posted on Substack; no fee is required to join Substack to read my essay or other articles posted there.
https://open.substack.com/pub/sdsstive/p/my-mickey-mantle?r=2qwjdn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Steve, thanks for such a fantastic look-back on how Mickey’s mythic baseball talent and ‘aw shucks’ country boy modesty, captured our imaginations and the far-away fantasies of our own baseball immortality. All these years later, his hero’s journey still lives in us with the raw power of a baseball immortal, who, if not for the “drainpipe incident” and other injuries, might have become the greatest baseball player to have ever walked planet Earth, possibly even eclipsing Say Hey and the Sulton of Swat. Mickey’s origin story also reminds me now to be there for my kids when they struggle, just as Mutt was there for him when, as as the new kid in the Bronx overcome with doubt and not buying the stories of his mythic talent, he was literally about to pack up his pinstriped dreams. Indeed, Steve, d “it has never been the same without #7.” Thanks for so powerfully reminding us, in your Substack piece, of what Mickey meant to us as boys and what he still means to us as men.
My first memory of baseball was from the late fifties when my father called me over to the tv. Dad said,”…watch this guy hit”. Mickey Mantle was at the plate and hit a home run. So he became my first baseball hero. As I’m writing this I’m also watching a Yankee game. Thanks Mickey and thanks Dad.
The mick. I wore # 7 in LL baseball