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  • The Commerce Comet After Dark: The Wild, Unfiltered Life of Mickey Mantle

    The Commerce Comet After Dark: The Wild, Unfiltered Life of Mickey Mantle

    By Bill Coleman By the time the stadium lights dimmed in the Bronx, another show was just getting started! The All-American Star Who Didn’t Fit the Mold On the field, Mickey Mantle was the embodiment of postwar baseball greatness with switch-hitting power, Oklahoma charm and the centerpiece of the New York Yankees dynasty.  Off the field, he was something…

  • Celebrity Baseball Spotlight Series: Mario Cuomo

    Celebrity Baseball Spotlight Series: Mario Cuomo

    As part of our ongoing series of celebrities (which we have extended to politicians for this piece) that played either major or minor league baseball, we now present Mario Cuomo, who was the 52nd governor of New York, serving three terms from 1983 to 1994.  In addition, Cuomo was previously the lieutenant governor from 1979…