When he got cancer, a whole generation felt the fear of death," said author Roger Kahn about Mickey Mantle on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury. Mickey Mantle's majestic power made him the favorite of ...

But, in time, that's where Mickey Mantle's path took him ... Fans rooted against Roger Maris, and they urged Mantle on. But Maris broke the record with 61, while injury and illness halted ...