Johnny Callison never became “the next Mickey Mantle”
Johnny Callison never became “the next Mickey Mantle” Few players enter Major League Baseball with the burden of being labeled “the next Mickey Mantle.” Johnny Callison, a left-handed slugger and outfielder, carried that weight from the moment he made his big-league debut in 1958. Hailing from Oklahoma, much like Mantle himself, Callison’s five-tool talent and…