Mickey Mantle: The Fight at the Copacabana Nightclub

Mickey Mantle tells the story about the brawl between Yankees players and some obnoxious, drunken patrons at the Copacabana nightclub in New York. Excerpted from the award-winning program, Mickey Mantle: The American Dream Comes To Life®. Available on DVD at 1-800-THE MICK / www.themick.com.

[@Bear10312]

Absolutely. Also, notice how these guys were a true team. Going out with their teammates and their wives, sticking up for one another, etc. I don't think professional athletes have that same passion today.

[@harajukugirlloveandG]

Those guys from that era were so cool and not fake,these players today need to get out and have some FUN!!!!!

[@JimothyLahey]

Holy hell Mantle sounds exactly like Tommy Lee Jones, I can't not hear it anymore

[@LenHummelChannel]

Mickey and Billy were definitely a big part of *THE GOLDEN ERA. ... Oh, and they did like "having a few" now and then. (!)*

[@watti]

@fiddlenut24 This was when Baseball players were like normal people and not millionaire superstar primadonnas.

[@babastooey]

The biography of Yogi Berra written by Allen Barra stated that the unruly people at the Copa were actually shouting racist stuff at Sammy Davis, and the Yankee players shouted back at the hecklers -- the players weren't racists at all, and they accepted Elston Howard warmly, in fact, I think he had recently joined the team around the time of the Copa incident.

[@MultiRabe]

Haha " Boys will be boys"! Wish I would've been born in the 30's or Early 40's, so I could've seen my Yankees back in the 50's! Billy, Yogi, Mantle & Ford when they were young, were a force to be reckoned with!

[@Ken-bp3ql]

According to Yogi, it was Billy Martin who told the heckler to shut his mouth. He didn't so Billy said alright let's go outside so they went downstairs and Hank Bauer clocked the guy with one punch and the guy was carried out on a stretcher.

[@ginzod]

Martin clocked him.........ok?

[@twinoak170]

So I get to Macy's at 1:00 to find this: Mickey Mantle book signing today at 11:00.Damn, never got another chance.

[@USA_ADVENTURE]

ahahha, always with the drink update, Mick is the best!

[@scob62]

The best

[@TheJMSESQ]

if i could be anyone, it would be mickey in his prime. i know that he was unhappy deep down but what fun they must've had.

[@ginzod]

Wherever Billy Martin........always in the middle of trouble..but it's never his fault.....

[@SUNMAYDEN518]

MORE FUN, LESS MONEY FIDDLE

[@homienum1826]

I agree, bear10312

[@YOUMETYOURMATCH]

real ball players

[@barneyphat]

Billy Martin would have given Sugar Ray Robinson a good fight!