Bob is such a class act, one of the greatest broadcasters of all time with an encyclopedic knowledge of the game of baseball.

Excellent eulogy by Costas. Mantle was and is one of my heroes since I was 7 years old. I’ll be 75 next month. Mantle was a great player and teammate.

I met him when I was about 12 or 13. I shook his hand and felt the greatness in that man. My dad actually introduced him to me like they had been friends for years. What a great day I will never forget. Thank you Dad I miens you and We love you Mick!!

Gosh darn it, THAT is the most eloquent and moving eulogy I've heard. Bob Costas, you delivered the perfect words that meant a whole lot to many of us. Thank you.

@fredericmartin7148

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree with you.

Mantle had humility, rarest of all qualities among those with great talents.

@ID30394

6 ай бұрын

Sometimes, a man has to become broken to become humble, but it's beautiful nonetheless.

Bob Costas is great, and the perfect eulogizer for MM.

I loved mickey when I was 16 & still love him today 72 years later A great player, a baseball hero, an honest man. He's always touched my heart.

The world is a better place because Mantle existed and gave US the best in the game of baseball AND life.

Mickey Mantle was baseball. I was a young kid in the late 50s and 60s. He was our hero. He still is.

A humble champion we will never see again.

As a boy Mickey meant everything to me. He was at his greatest towards the end as he addressed the issues that plagued him all those years. While I miss The Mick, I realize how lucky I was to have had him in my life.

Wow, I became so choked up during the Costas eulogy, I had trouble swallowing sips of coffee. When his speech was over, I had to wash my face, for simply drying my eyes was insufficient. Thanks, Bob! And thanks to a great hero😂👍

@RussCR5187

Жыл бұрын

I'm still drying.

@tommyryan964

Жыл бұрын

Me too

Great eulogy Bob. Mickey Mantle was a hero to all us and the nation.

The family reunions I attended as a child in Joplin at our great grandmother’s tiny farm home Mickey opened my eyes to the importance of family. The Mantle family will always love and miss Mickey! I look forward to seeing him again in the next life and maybe I will be old enough to hit a few pitches together and be able to enjoy time with family all together again.

@danthefan5378

4 жыл бұрын

@Bobby Mantle , ThankYou Bobby Mantle, Sharing Your feelings here are A Price Above Rubies!, Blessings, dtf

@adalbertodelgado6948

3 жыл бұрын

V FM

@paulferry8076

3 жыл бұрын

my hero bobby- as were many other ny boys

@longrider9551

3 жыл бұрын

I was 12 and although I played ball I was just becoming a fan of watching it. I didn't know who the Mick was but my father dragged me to Cooperstown on a terribly hot day, in 1974. All I did was complain I was hot , hungry and thirsty standing in the sun while some old men made boring speeches. My dad was so mad at me and at 1 point grabbed my shoulder and said angrily, "1 day you will be able to tell people you were here at the Baseball Hall of Fame the day Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford were inaugurated"

@leonardodalongisland

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Mr. Mantle

I always liked watching the World Series listening to Costas tell stories all game long.. Mcarver and Vince Scully, Phil Rizzuto, the game back then seemed much more special than it will ever be today!

Mr. Mantle was that guy you would want to have a beer with and listen to all his stories . R.I.P Mick !

2020 and hearing this eulogy made me cry again. We miss you Mick.

@cartershaw5105

2 жыл бұрын

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@RussCR5187

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

@kenny87ification

Жыл бұрын

Mickey Mantle should have embraced Hinduism. Lord Krishna would have given him a longer life

Absolutely beautiful. Probably the best speech I have ever heard. So insightful and heartfelt. Amazing.

@sylpascale7673

Жыл бұрын

could not say it better than you. spot on

Beautiful. Mantle was a great symbol of strength, fragility, and redemption.And a damn fine baseball player too

Mickey was my first hero, I was a student of everything he did during the 50s. I always had an argument for Mantle as the best all around player in the game, best of those that included Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. I used to say that he he held the record for the fastest time to first base (3.1secs) and the longest home run ever hit in a major league ballgame (569 ft, off Chuck Stobbs in D. C.). I don't know if those things are still true (they were when I first said them in the 1950s) but he was, by acclimation, the most incredible combination of speed and power. He remains the last player to lead both leagues in the triple crown categories (HRs, RBIs and B.A.) in 1956. His honesty however at the end of his life is the thing I am most proud of him for. He told a difficult truth because he really hoped to affect those that might wander into the same difficulties. That quality of courage and mercy allows him to remain the hero he once was to me, in an even more important way. You're still the best to me Mickey...

@leonardodalongisland

2 жыл бұрын

Well said sir

What a Beautiful eulogy. Mickey was Most Definitely my Hero! RIP.

Great job, Bob Costas! Mickey is still special!!!

Mickey Mantel was my hero as a kid. I saw him play the old Washington Senators in Griffith Park. He batted left handed and you could see the power in his swing. This was an era of simpler times and I think in many ways better times. I teared up when I heard this eulogy. And it reminds me of things since past. But not forgotten.

Wow..1st time seeing this video on KZread and even though it was 27 years ago I still got teary eyed…

Bravo Bob, no one could have said such Great words about the great Mickey Mantle than you. You were a great Fan like so many of us. You just spoke for all of us.

My cousin , who was a very successful man, a state’s attorney of Fairfield County CT, got an autograph from Mickey Mantle. His son got it when Mickey owned his restaurant. My cousin, a very prominent man was very proud of that autograph. Thanks Mickey!

Growing up a Yankee fan, Mickey was my Hero. I was fortunate to have met a few times at card shows. I even have a photo of Mickey and me shaking hands. I Cherish it.

Listening to Bob's eulogy of MM reminds me of a time where heroes were real to millions.

So long Mick. Beautiful Tribute

Bob Costas... you are a GEM, and a Class act ! Kudos to you sir. ......

The sad thing is Mickey Mantle needed to be born in the 90s.. with all the things a current baseball play er gets Physical trainers.. life cycle coachs.. social media.. Mickey Mantle needed these people in his life.. he might still me here on earth... he will always be remembered.. god bless

great eulogy and also the interview Costas did earlier

Gahd! Arguably the best damn eulogy I've ever heard. Especially about someone that was complex like Mantle. Heartfelt and true to every word. I never saw Mantle play, but after this Eulogy... I felt like I was right there with many of the baby boomers. My deepest condolences to the Mantle Family. Not just for the loss of Mickey, but also because he was not there for his kids during those early years, which we all understand as working professionals is a difficult juggling act.

@lisawhite7732

2 жыл бұрын

Here we go again 🙄

@ID30394

6 ай бұрын

​@@lisawhite7732A feminist, no?

I missed his career being born in '71, but all of my life he's been my favorite ball player. Flawed, heroic, legendary and majestic, there was only ONE Mickey Mantle. No one or nothing compares.

I have this memory of playing stickball in my local NYC schoolyard on a hot summer afternoon in the early 60s with my friend Mike. We paused for a moment and fantasized that Mickey would pull up in a car and play with us. Such was the power of childhood mixed with the legend of Mickey Mantle.

My dad, the biggest Red Sox fan ever, told me I could like Mickey Mantel. I loved Mickey. I'm still a Sox fan.

In the end we are all just human, with all mantles faults what he gave a generation outweighs everything , an icon.

I grew up in Oklahoma in the 50s and 60s and Mickey was my hero. I wore a Yankees ball cap all summer long for a couple of years until that old wool clothe was ragged but that was my tribute to Mickey. I even tried to wear it on my little league teams but the coaches wanted me to wear the team cap for some reason. I know I had a few Mickey baseball cards, maybe even a rookie card but you know what happened. Yep, Mom thought all of those cards were just something to toss out when I was off to college.

I found a recording of this online in the early 90's. I recorded it and i have listened to it more time than i can count. I relate to Mickey. I have a number 7 tattooed on my arm. I never had a 1/10 of his talent but i F'd up like a pro in every other way. His eulogy and death makes me emotional to this day. I guess that is how you know you found a hero

Greatest ball player of all time my idol just think if he didn't get that injury his stats would of been to the moon

HOLDIN' BACK THE YEARS & HOLDIN' BACK THE TEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

loved him as a kid and still now. RIP Mickey #7

I was way too young to ever have known Mickey but to watch the interviews of him was outstanding. He was a man of pain he had so much of it he didn't think much of himself but he loved baseball The only thing he had going in his young life. His sons meant everything to him too sad that he didn't realize it until it was almost too late. Mickey you were good enough and yes boys were named Mickey after you. Thank you so much for everything you did in life and baseball.

You are an easy man to like, Bob Costas.

So mad Costas was fired. He gave such a great speech about Mickey, and was just an amazing commentator overall

My Dad has always said Ted Williams was the best hitter he ever saw, but Mickey was larger than life.

Virtually everything Mr. Costas said was exactly how I felt as a young kid growing up in Texas during the early 1960’s after I discovered baseball. There is something inexplicably magic about Mickey Mantle…….it transcends rational explanation. But the magic is real. Godspeed Mickey……maybe one day we can play flies & skinners in heaven.

I played Little League; All the 'Greats' were my idols. Oh I miss those days...Such magic. GOD bless you, Mickey!

I still get choked up watching this almost thirty years later.

Bob Costas and his Love of Baseball. I remember interviews he had with Mickey on his radio show. Costas Coast to Coast.

Costas hit it out of the park

@fredericmartin7148

Жыл бұрын

Costas is the greatest sports poet who ever lived.

I was never a Yankee fan. But I am in my upper 60s now, and an Oklahoman, like Mickey was. For some reason I found this on youtube, and listened to it. I remembered listening to the various World Series on a little $5 transistor radio, they won some but I recall Bill Mazeroski's home run in the 7th game of the world series let Pittsburgh beat them in another. I once loved baseball, and Mickey was one reason for that. This brought back memories of my youth I had forgotten. He played before multi-million or even million dollar contracts existed. It was a sport more than a business back then, or so it seemed. Well, thanks for uploading this and the memories.

@robdemare8250

5 жыл бұрын

Great story for us younger folk! Love to hear that.

@andywhite8790

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I am 67 now and I had that 5.00 transistor radio. I was not a yankee fan, but still saw the movie they made in the early 1960 when I was young at the local movie theater in clarksville, tx. I was a Mantle fan cause he was from Oklahoma and I had friends only 30 minutes away since I lived in northeast texas. I am so grateful for Bobby Richardson leading Mickey in his Salvation. Made my day and more. Two figures have always stood out in my childhood. Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax.

@billromanowski2425

3 жыл бұрын

@vance Hawkins wonderful comment

Absolutely brilliant

I'm 78 years old and still have about 200 Topps baseball cards from 1957 and 1958 which I purchased back then with the piece of gum . Of course my favorite two cards are #95 [1957] and #150 [1958] of Mickey Mantle. I can remember in 1961 when Mantle and Maris were on pace to break Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs. Unfortunately Mickey had a hip problem and missed the end of the season but finished with 54 to Roger's 61. Their combined 115 home runs by team mates are still a MLB record.

I've seen that clip 100 times at least and I still cry my eyes out each time

THE best eulogy ever given.

@RubyBandUSA

3 жыл бұрын

Sen. Alan Simpson gave a great one for George H.W. Bush that I think rivals this one. Nevertheless I gave your comment a Thumbs Up.

@gregpasser2448

2 жыл бұрын

@@RubyBandUSA Ted Kennedy gave some great ones too.

@Lava1964

2 жыл бұрын

Bob Costas's eulogy for Stan Musial is on par with this one.

@fredericmartin7148

Жыл бұрын

@@RubyBandUSA H.W. Bush, Mr. New World Order, was an evil man. We are well rid of him.

The Stan Musial eulogy by Costas was beautiful too❤

I’m not crying you are

WOW! Well Done Costas!!

Am reading (or listening) to Billy Crystal's memoir. Apparently, Billy helped craft the eulogy with Bob, since they were both close friends with Mantle.

40 years old here......Blows my mind that this was almost 27 years ago. The day Mickey passed away was the first time I saw my dad cry.

Great job

Spectacular!!!!

Greatest ballplayer of all time! Willie Mays wore Mickey Mantle pajamas! The Mick will never be Forgotten!

@ravenr1420

3 жыл бұрын

He was hardly the greatest of all time. Ruth, Cobb, Williams, Gehrig, Wagner, Mays, Aaron and Greenberg are well ahead of Mantle. Just because a player is somebody's favorite doesn't make him "the greatest". He could have been one of the greats if it weren't for the bum knee and the drinking.

@billromanowski2425

3 жыл бұрын

@@ravenr1420 It's a funeral video, Lighten up. Half the players you named had a bad knee and a drinking problem too.

"Every boy builds a shrine to some baseball hero and before that shrine a candle always burns." ~~ Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1st Baseball Commisioner)

@MLB , Thankyou All for this Very Mindfull deep post & ThankYou Mr Bob Kostas & Mr Bobby Richardson! Mikey Will Always Shine On Like The Sun & The Moon & The Stars as a True Hero & Gentleman WITH A GREAT Rare 9th Inning! Glad You forgave Yourself Mick! I recall i think that Mickey's final game was on National TV, i saw it on TV in Chgo on TV & as a n I knew & felt heavy deep things i would only Later come to fully understand. Mr Mantel, COURAGES YOU Were, On the field & in Life!~Love & Blessings, ThankYOU! Best's, dtf

Mickey you was the greatest

Mickey Mantle was a humble hero.

So long, Mick ~ except your boyhood hero never leaves.

Long forgotten is the day when Mickey hit the then (maybe still) longest home run in history at Yankee Stadium. To show the power he hit with, it went completely thru the grandstand roof on its way to what sports writers called "orbit".

Heartbroken since 1995.

A lot of people from multiple generations loved Mickey Mantle, early in his career; he probably had many fans born in the 1800's (the last living person to see Lincoln at Ford's theater was on a 1950's show; who knows how long ago the first Mickey Mantle fan was born.) I'm a fan and have most of his cards (I came so close to the 52 Bowman and 53 Topps on several occasions at auctions last year,) but during his lifetime I only knew his autograph was expensive but I saw it everywhere (lots of signed balls, no idea if any of them were part of the scandal in fake autos; he did sign a lot) and that was about it. I almost got an auto with evidence (I would only call it proof if it got slabbed as real, until then; it's just evidence.) I had a friend who played baseball on the school team, he was really upset when Mantle was dying. It's pretty amazing to have fans spanning what, 8 generations maybe?

Love you "Mick"

GreT baseball player. He will be missed by many.

Mickey Mantle played in the years of , overabundant love and nothing could be said bad about oneself. His skills as a player earned him fame, Money, and plenty of Alcohol, and not one word of criticism. He played with fire, and eventually Lost. His biggest regret, not being close to his Sons, how sad. He was America's Hero, and unknown to his own sons. I hope he is in Heaven with his boys. Mickey Mantle...A name that will aways be one thing..Baseball. and imagine if he would have taken care of his self... the records might read differently.

@robdemare8250

5 жыл бұрын

Mickey Mantle will always be America's favourite! Love from Canada Mick!

I grew up in a National league city in the fifties. Saw Mays and Aaron -Musial and Mathews even Clemente and Robinson. Regret is never I never saw the Mick

Hate the Yankees but Loved MM. he was my hero.

God bless.

“So long Mick” 😢

Miceky was simply born to play basebal.

Sometimes I feel like I’m fallinggggg

Mickey was every kids hero in the 60s

And that’s why Costas has a gagillion Emmy’s…..

Damn, Bob hit that one out of the park. Sorry for the obvious pun.

How much did I, as a 9 or 10-year old kid in the 50's, love Mickey Mantle? My family had to use Lifebuoy soap, which he endorsed.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Where was this?

the adds that interrupt this are a disgrace

That's Bobby Richardson behind Costas? Can't figure out who is seated behind Bobby.

I was one of those 50’s, 60’s kids who worshipped Mickey Mantle

@mstob1969

2 жыл бұрын

And I am the result of one of those 50's/60's kids who worshipped Mickey Mantle, as my mom absolutely loved Mickey Mantle, and as such, I was named after him. Graig Nettles was my hero as a kid, but seeing I only had two girls, they avoided the tradition of naming after your favorite baseball player (and truth be told, hockey was always my favorite sport).

My hero, Mickey Mantle, great ballplayer became and even greater man at the end of his life by showing great courage and accepting our Lord Jesus Christ.

#7 🤍🤍🤍🤍⚾️🇺🇸💋💋💋

Looking for the Stan Musial moment

His Stan Musial eulogy is a winner too

@fenwayify

3 жыл бұрын

It sure was...and they both are because Costas is such a good and decent man himself. He knows what's most important in life; just being a good and decent human being!

Some talking heads were putting Mickey down...forgetting on thing that should have evident...the man was in shape he swung a 35 inch bat i check babe swung 36 an babes bat was 4.4 ounces heavier..Mickey said in the off season he hunted every day and walked thru the woods everyday hunting carrying a rifle an ammo if any one has walked thru woods ur tripping an sliding most of the time..some think or try to down play his 2400 games played by saying he went out an partyed an a few beers he wouldnt have been as good today..foolish...he was big he was in shape...i will say pitching mite be a little more stout but i could be wrong...oh i am a mets fan by the way ...an some kid who could have made the majors but got side tracked.....too many other sports on my list...i should have stuck to baseball...but couldnt

He uses a lot of adjectives and adverbs.

Everyone used to think Bob Costas was the class act of all Americans. Now he is calling over half the country delusional and unhinged because we want to fix the border crisis and many other things that could keep America safe. He is forgetting law and order and common decency which are being lost in America due to the current administration. Bob went from my favorite broadcaster to one that has lost any respect at least in terms of caring about the future of America!

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What a joke. Mickey himself said "You don't want to be like me"'. He knew he was an incurable alcoholic that eventually killed him.

@CelestialWoodway

6 жыл бұрын

Fuck off.

@Ronald60202

6 жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for someone like you. The cynicism toward something you honestly do not understand. Hell, Mickey didn't understand it. But he was too honest to say otherwise. I hope you never, ever feel the loss of such a figure in your own life. You couldn't possibly understand it, either.

@waynewager

5 жыл бұрын

So alcoholics are a joke? You are like the Tin Man. No heart.

@michaelbelfer1069

5 жыл бұрын

Eat shit pal.

@robdemare8250

5 жыл бұрын

The reason that Mick said that was because he was very hard on himself. Alcoholism is very curable, but alcoholics respect the disease. Nobody respects your comments; you will never get it.