When he got cancer, a whole generation felt the fear of death," said author Roger Kahn about Mickey Mantle on ESPN ... hitting the first ball out of Yankee Stadium, when his prodigious drive ...

But, in time, that's where Mickey Mantle's path took him ... he missed by 18 inches from hitting the first ball out of Yankee Stadium, when his prodigious drive off righthander Pedro Ramos ...

The last time that happened, Mickey Mantle was involved ... Before all the ceremony, as fans were shuffling into the stadium, a video played on the Yankee Stadium jumbotron championing the club’s ...