Good stuff. The Mantle story is a an old classic...really quite a tale - Brett is a character, hilarious as he abruptly asks who's pitching tonight right after his story.
Remember his classic replies about his WS hemorroid problem: "Its behind me now" and "yep, now I'm a complete asshole". lol
Mantle and Brett were both self deprecating regular guys who happened to be superstars.
Bless 'em both.