Those are horrible comparisons. Totti IS everything to Roma, but Ruth was the world’s best & most famous player. Mantle would be a better comparison IF the Yankees franchise wasn’t littered with so many other players that mean so much to the fan base (Gehrig, DiMaggio, Jeter, etc.)

Totti is everything at Roma. He is Roma.

When someone asks, “Why sports?” you say, “This is why.”