know, when i reached over at the police barrier outside the players' gate, he emitted a certain flatulencejane, sorry i farted, your friend mick. >> larry: we'll be right back. >> larry: we're back with more moments with one of my favorite writers, jane leavy. why did his wife stay with him? >> well, what people have told me, and what he said to his friends, is that the only thing she ever wanted to be was mrs. mickey mantle. in fact, she was actually a gifted soprano. and gave up a scholarship to college, to a local college in oklahoma in order to become mrs. mickey mantle. but it was a marriage that had ceased to be a marriage long before his death in 1995. she said they had become friends. she called him my beloved friend. and, you know, friends of hers told me that she had never given up the hope that they would live together under the same roof. it was a tormented marriage that was dictated by his father. i think part of what happened to mickey is that he had this legendary baseball father, mutt