Mickey Mantle Yankee Slugger Author:Milton J. Shapiro No Rookie in baseball history arrived at his first major league training camp with as much fanfare as that accorded Mickey Mantle. — From the beginning, Mickey's father planned a baseball career for his son, even naming him after the great baseball catcher, Mickey Cochrane. — The rest of baseball is history - how, after only 2 years of professiona... more »l baseball, Mickey was brought up to the Yankees.