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From what I've read, the mines that many men in Mickey Mantle's family worked in weren't coal mines, but lead and zinc mines.
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* FreudianExcuse: The reason Mickey parties so hard is because all the men in his family (including his father, grandfather, and uncles) died before the age of 45. He figures the same thing will happen to him so he might as well live it up while he can.[[note]] What Mickey and his family didn't know was that the reason they all died young was due to health complications that resulted from them working in coal mines. Once Mickey lived past their age and learned why, he lamented that he would have taken better care of himself had he known he was going to live longer than them.[[/note]]
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* FreudianExcuse: The reason Mickey parties so hard is because all the men in his family (including his father, grandfather, and uncles) died before the age of 45. He figures the same thing will happen to him so he might as well live it up while he can.[[note]] What Mickey and his family didn't know was that the reason they all died young was due to health complications that resulted from them working in coal lead and zinc mines. Once Mickey lived past their age and learned why, he lamented that he would have taken better care of himself had he known he was going to live longer than them.[[/note]]
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In 1961, the New York Yankees seemed poised to make another run at the World Series, having lost a tough seven-game series the year before. Fans are highly optimistic due to the wealth of talent in pinstripes, led by LivingLegend Mickey Mantle (Creator/ThomasJane) and the previous year's MVP, Roger Maris (Creator/BarryPepper). In addition, with more games on the schedule to accommodate new teams joining the league (read: more roster spots for fringe pitchers), there is serious belief that someone could make a run at Babe Ruth's fabled single-season home run record of 60, set in 1927.
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In 1961, the [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball New York Yankees Yankees]] seemed poised to make another run at the World Series, having lost a tough seven-game series the year before. Fans are highly optimistic due to the wealth of talent in pinstripes, led by LivingLegend Mickey Mantle (Creator/ThomasJane) and the previous year's MVP, Roger Maris (Creator/BarryPepper). In addition, with more games on the schedule to accommodate new teams joining the league (read: more roster spots for fringe pitchers), there is serious belief that someone could make a run at Babe Ruth's fabled single-season home run record of 60, set in 1927.
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* {{Irony}}: Baseball fans, the press, and even the Yankees top brass all start fawning and looking up to Mickey Mantle as baseball's next superstar idol just because he's got on-screen charisma to go with his talent, even though he's actually a mess and an unflattering example of a human being outside of the game, his only saving grace being that he cares for his teammates and fans. Meanwhile, everyone develops an irrational, borderline obsessive hatred towards Roger Maris and are dead set on making a public villain out of him just because he lacks on-screen charisma, even though there isn't anything substantial to hate or dislike about him at all, since he's just a humble, family oriented man who's got his priorities straight.
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* SmugSnake: Frick gives a satisfied smile when Maris fails to hit his 60th in his 154th game.
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* SmugSnake: Frick gives a satisfied smile when Maris fails to hit his 60th in his 154th game. Of course, all his petty efforts do in the end is temporarily delay Maris from achieving the greatness he deserves.
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* ImmoralJournalist: Most of the press covering Maris' journey in the league consist of slimy tabloid/yellow types who regularly engage in unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious asshat who salivates at any chance to tarnish Roger Maris' public reputation -- always by deliberately misconstruing Maris' words during interviews, twisting them, and churning out bottom feeder articles that paint the humble, unassuming man in a terrible light.
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* ImmoralJournalist: Most of the press covering Roger Maris' journey in the league consist of slimy tabloid/yellow types who regularly engage in unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious asshat who salivates at any chance to tarnish Roger Maris' Roger's public reputation -- always by deliberately misconstruing Maris' Roger's words during interviews, twisting them, and churning out bottom feeder articles that paint the humble, unassuming man in a terrible light.
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* SmugSnake: Frick gives a satisfying smile [[spoiler: when Maris fails to hit his 60th in his 154th game.]]
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* SmugSnake: Frick gives a satisfying satisfied smile [[spoiler: when Maris fails to hit his 60th in his 154th game.]]
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* ImmoralJournalist: Most of the press covering Maris' journey in the league consist of slimy tabloid/yellow types who regularly engage in unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious asshat who salivates at any chance to tarnish Roger Maris' public reputation -- always by deliberately misconstruing Maris' words during interviews, twisting them, and churning out bottom feeder articles that paint the humble, unassuming man in a terrible light.
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* ImmoralJournalist: Most of the press covering Maris' journey in the league consist of slimy tabloid/yellow types who regularly engage in unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious asshat who salivates at any chance to tarnish Roger Maris' public reputation -- always by deliberately misconstruing Maris' words during interviews, twisting them, and churning out bottom feeder articles that paint the humble, unassuming man in a terrible light.
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* ImmoralJournalist: Most of the press covering Maris' journey in the League consist of slimy tabloid/yellow types who regularly engage in unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious asshat who salivates at any chance to tarnish Roger Maris' public reputation -- always by deliberately misconstruing Maris' words during interviews, twisting them, and churning out bottom feeder articles that paint the humble, unassuming man in a terrible light.
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* ImmoralJournalist: Most of the press covering Maris' journey in the League league consist of slimy tabloid/yellow types who regularly engage in unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious asshat who salivates at any chance to tarnish Roger Maris' public reputation -- always by deliberately misconstruing Maris' words during interviews, twisting them, and churning out bottom feeder articles that paint the humble, unassuming man in a terrible light.
