Our Mickey Cherished Memories of an American Icon

Maury Allen is a nationally known sportswriter and author with more than 30 books about baseball to his credit, He began his writing career working for small newspapers, moved to Sports Illustrated magazine, and has been a baseball expert and columnist for the New York Post for almost 30 years. Mickey Mantle was always the most exciting personality he covered, both on and off the field Bill Liederman was an outstanding high school and college athlete who settled for softball in Central Park after his dream of playing for the Yankees ended in a blaze of glory. He was running a cooking school in Manhattan when he decided to open a restaurant and boldly approached Mickey Mantle about a partnership. Mantle agreed to come into the deal after Liederman told him the new place would be another Toots Shor's, a hangout for sports fans, athletes, and young business people. The restaurant opened in 1988, and the new partners became close friends, which they remained until Mantle's death in 1995Liederman, Bill is the author of 'Our Mickey Cherished Memories of an American Icon' with ISBN 9781572435988 and ISBN 1572435984.