meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Ticket Top 10

The Invasion - Friday Frivolity

The Ticket Top 10

The Ticket | Cumulus Media Dallas

Football, News, Basketball, Sports, Hockey, Sports News, Baseball

4.5683 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

May 23rd, 2025

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X

Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website

And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon Music

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

But we do it every week at this time. It is Friday frivolity. And for that, I throw it to myself, Donovan, as we do a segment on Tuesdays called This Week in Sports History.

0:13.4

We do.

0:14.1

The acronym Twish is what we refer to it as. And we find fun clips from Sports Pass and play them for you.

0:22.1

Well, sometimes I'll put some on the list that are maybe a little too long,

0:27.9

maybe need to be dove into a little bit further.

0:31.5

So for that, I've brought you two fun clips from Sports Pass today.

0:36.4

The first one is of Mickey Mantle, and he is telling a story

0:42.9

from 1957. I'm not sure if you're familiar, Donovan, with the Copa-cabana nightclub incident

0:49.1

and the Yankees in 1957. No, I'm not familiar with that.

0:54.3

Well, I'll let Mickey tell most of this story, but just know, the boys had a good night.

1:00.0

They went out for some dinner, several Yankees, including Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, and Hank Bauer, and as well as Billy Martin, I believe.

1:11.4

Yeah, Billy Martin as well.

1:13.1

And they go see Sammy Davis Jr. at the Copacabana room.

1:17.4

But this is one of the more insane tales I've heard.

1:21.6

It's classic old school baseball, classic old guy opinions on things and how they react to things.

1:28.5

So let's let Mickey break down the Copa Cabana incident from 1957.

1:34.2

One of the stories that everybody wants to know about, it seems like, is the old Copa

1:37.8

Cabana incident.

1:39.9

It was in 1957.

1:41.4

It was Billy's birthday, so it had to be in May.

1:44.2

And me and Wadi gave him a birthday party,

1:46.9

and we invited Yogi and his wife, Carmen, Hank Bauer, and his wife, Charlene,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Ticket | Cumulus Media Dallas, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Ticket | Cumulus Media Dallas and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.