Baseball: mickey mantle's restaurant to change name to "ted williams" for duration of world series

The owner of Mickey Mantle's Restaurant on Central Park South has opted to temporarily change the name of his eatery to Ted Williams -- a former Boston Red Sox star -- but only for the duration of the World Series, the New York Post reported.


Owner Bill Liederman was a longtime friend of the famed Yankee outfielder.

Peter Anastos, a restaurant manager, believes Mantle would have enjoyed the prank.

"Mickey Mantle was a prankster, and his kids would be laughing," Anastos told the Post.

Even diehard Yankee fans took the joke like good sports.

"They did it as a tribute to the right person," David Simmons told the Post


[Edited on 10/23/2004 by toejam]

that's really really interesting. was the point to try to curse the sox again or what?

i would think that it was more for a prank...not a bad one either

Nice prank, and tip of the hat.

Also, not bad free advertising for the joint...

I wonder if they'll do a better business during the series?