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Why I’ve Written About Mickey Mantle

I WAS ATTRACTED TO THE double tragedy of Mickey’s youth and his death hanging over him and how he loses the one

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May 28, 2023June 1, 2023 Tony Castro Baseball, Mantle, New York, Pop Culture, Yankees baseball, Mickey Mantle, Yankees

I Believe in Tom Wolfe, the Writer Almighty…

  THE POPE WALKED into the office today. His presence was high-fashion pietistic. Divine off-white three-piece suit, his manicured hands cradling a

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May 27, 2023June 1, 2023 Tony Castro New York, Politics, Pop Culture New Journalism, pop culture, Tom Wolfe10 Comments on I Believe in Tom Wolfe, the Writer Almighty…

The Religion of Sports: From Michelangelo to Derek Jeter

IF I WERE TO SAY MICHELANGELO AND SISTINE CHAPEL, what image would immediately come to mind? For most people, I think, it

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May 19, 2023June 1, 2023 Tony Castro Babe Ruth, Baseball, DiMaggio, Jesus Christ, Mantle, New York, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, Sports, Yankees faith, Michelangelo, Muscular Jesus, nostalgia, Sistine Chapel, Sports

Looking for Hemingway

IN THE FALL OF 1975, WHEN MY WIFE decided she wanted a divorce, I moved into a quaint though dilapidated cottage in an

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May 5, 2023June 1, 2023 Tony Castro Bullfights, Ernest Hemingway, Hollywood, Los Angeles, New York, Pop Culture, Spain, Sports, Waco, West Hollywood Bullfights, Ernest Hemingway, Jackson Pollock, La Consula, Looking for Hemingway, Nena Davis, Spain, Teo Davis27 Comments on Looking for Hemingway

Liudmila Konovalova: The New Maya

Dressed in black leg warmers and an insulated lavender down vest to ward off the cold that had chilled the magnificent opera house,

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May 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Tony Castro ballet, Fashion, Hollywood, Los Angeles, New York, Politics, Pop Culture, West Hollywood ballet, dance, Russia

‘DiMag & Mick’ Renews Debate: Who Was Greater?

Since 1951, Joe DiMaggio‘s last season and Mickey Mantle‘s rookie year, fans have been debating which of the two New York Yankee

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February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 Tony Castro Baseball, DiMaggio, Mantle, New York, Pop Culture, Yankees Heroes, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yankees

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The New York Times has acclaimed historian and author Tony Castro as the definitive biographer of baseball's greatest of all time Mickey Mantle. Educated at Baylor and Harvard, Tony is a former Washinton Post national correspondent and senior writer at Sports Illustrated. Signed copies of all his books are available at https://tonycastrobooks.com.

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