Related to drinking with Larsen, in the 80's Billy Martin tried to pick up my aunt at a hotel bar while she was waiting for my uncle to come down. He bought her a drink and she politely mentioned she was waiting for her husband to come down. My uncle shows up and sees Billy Martin chatting up my aunt. He looks over and realizes next to Billy is Mickey Mantle and I think, Whitey Ford, it's been a while since I heard the story. They all sit down and knock back a few drinks together.
As they are having a few, Mickey keeps getting calls at the hotel bar. Apparently there was some function/event that he was supposed to be at and he decided to just go ahead and blow it off.
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John
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