The Last Boy
“As he waited for Mickey Mantle’s flight to arrive at the airport in Palm Springs, Mark Greenberg reminded himself, “He’s just another drunk.” Greenberg was an administrator at the Betty Ford Center, and Mickey Mantle was his childhood hero. When the plane taxied to the gate, he steeled himself, “Don’t get sucked up in who this guy was. Get sucked up in who he is.”
Five days earlier, Greenberg had found a note on his desk saying, “Call Mickey Mantle.” Since then, he had been on the phone negotia...ting Mantle’s admission, finding a bed, and making concessions he didn’t want to make to celebrity. But nothing in his professional training prepared him for the moment Mantle stepped off the plane. “All he was was a broken-down alcoholic,” Greenberg recalled. “For Mickey to have to come face-to-face with the fact that he’s being admitted for his disease that’s torn himself and his family apart—just really breaking down at that airport—I stood there. I didn’t know what to do.”MoreLess
Five days earlier, Greenberg had found a note on his desk saying, “Call Mickey Mantle.” Since then, he had been on the phone negotia...ting Mantle’s admission, finding a bed, and making concessions he didn’t want to make to celebrity. But nothing in his professional training prepared him for the moment Mantle stepped off the plane. “All he was was a broken-down alcoholic,” Greenberg recalled. “For Mickey to have to come face-to-face with the fact that he’s being admitted for his disease that’s torn himself and his family apart—just really breaking down at that airport—I stood there. I didn’t know what to do.”MoreLess
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