finishes out his life better than poor Mickey Mantle.
Read The Last Boy on Mickey, really a sad life from beginning to end. The Boys of Summer on the 52 and 53 Dodgers was somewhat the same only Micks life was on steroids (figuratively) these heroes of ours pay a huge price.
Carl Furillo wound up working construction...
George Shuba went to work for the Post Office...
Duke Snider got his avocado ranch...
Jackie Robinson worked for Choc-Full-of-Nuts and died young...
Roy Campanella had a tough time...
Billy Cox tended bar at his local American Legion...
That's life. Very different back then in that almost all ballplayers had jobs in the off-season and they never made enough over the course of their pro careers to carry them through life, whereas now... well, $330 million should take care of Harper and his family.
The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn is a great book about the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 50s.