I remember going to a game the day that Mantle died (maybe the day after?) with a friend's family.
My clearest earliest sox memory is Troy O'Leary NAILING a dude in the face with a foul line drive (I was at the game) and knocking all of his teeth out. I promptly exclaimed to my baby sitter that O'Leary should have been called out for hurting the guy.
edit: Yea, I'm young.