Willie, Mickey, and the Duke — and perhaps Richie

Every baseball fan knows the song “Willie, Mickey, and the Duke” about the three great Big Apple sluggers of the 1950s. It heralds their feats during one of the great eras of New York city baseball, a time when the Dodgers, Yanks and Giants led by Duke Snider, Mickey Mantle, and Willie Mays won fourteen pennants and seven World Series.