DiMag & Mick: Sibling Rivals, Yankee Blood Brothers [Hardcover]

This is a dream of a book. Castro, author of perhaps the best biography of Mickey Mantle, America's Prodigal Son, takes on the myth that in 1951, Joe DiMaggio, in his last season, snubbed the rookie who would replace him in center field for baseball's greatest dynasty. Castro offers a revisionist history of the friendship of the two Yankee greats. Castro reveals a fascinating bond where others, over the decades, found no relationship at all. There have been a number of wonderful books about Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, but none are as good as this one. I thought I knew everything there was to know about these two Yankee legends. Boy, was I wrong! Tony Castro has given us a great piece of sports journalism. Many of the intimate details found in DiMag and Mick are simply jaw-dropping. ---- Peter Golenbock, author of Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949-1946 and 7: the Mickey Mantle Novel For all their valor on the field, Joe and Mickey were complicated people off it.? Tony Castro breaks that down in this revealing book about two American legends and what made them tick. Marty Appel, author of Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees From Before the Babe to After the BossTony Castro resurrects warts and allthe Hall-of-Fame careers and personal lives of legendary Yankee greats Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle. From Mantles baptism in New Yorks glamorous and seductive nightlife to DiMaggios graceful feats on the field and publicly stoic departure from baseball, Castro has produced a remarkable work of journalism. ?Dale TafoyaAuthorBash Brothers: A Legacy SubpoenaedTonys work illustrates the human side of the athlete. His diligence into the deeper life off the field shows that our heroes also have feelings and are more than just that homerun or double in the gap. Its refreshing to gain the access into all aspects of their lives to see what really build these men into the immortals that they truly became.-Andrew Vilacky, Safe at Home Ballpark Collectibles, Cooperstol³.