When I was Mickey Mantle and you were Willie Mays
By A.B Clyde and Dave Fisher
Enshrined in Cooperstown
On January 16, 1974, Mickey Mantle became just the seventh player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Mickey's buddy, Whitey Ford, also was elected making this the first time in history that two players from the same team were elected in the same year. Mantle was [...]
Gift of a Tiger
On September 19, the Yankees were in Detroit playing the first place Tigers in the third game of a three game series. The Tigers had won the first two games which clinched first place in the American League for them. Denny McLain was the starting pitcher for the Tigers and he entered the game with [...]
500th Home Run
May 14th was Mother's Day and this token was given to all mothers at the ball game. It was Sunday, Mother's Day, May 14th, 1967. The Yankees were playing the Baltimore Orioles. Stu Miller was on the mound for the Orioles. Ever since Mickey hit #499 eleven days earlier, when he would hit [...]
Mickey Mantle Day
In June of 1965, Yankees management feared that Mickey was at the end of his playing days so they announced that September 18 would be "Mickey Mantle Day" at Yankee Stadium. At that time, only four other Yankees had received such an honor. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra. Mickey, [...]
1st Indoor Home Run
The date was April 9, 1965. The place was the Houston Astrodome (the proclaimed Eighth Wonder of the World). 47,876 excited fans jammed into the Astrodome to watch the fist indoor major league baseball game as the Houston Astros took on Mickey Mantle and the New York Yankees. Yankee manager Johnny Keane gave Mickey Mantle [...]
Walk-Off the Facade
On May 22, 1963 is was looking like another Yankees romp over the Kansas City Athletics as they led by the score of 7-0 going into the eight inning. The A's put up six unanswered runs in the eight inning and another in the ninth to tie the game 7-7. The game remained tied going [...]
1 Arm, 2 Homers, 3 Game Sweep
As the 2nd place Detroit Tigers came to Yankee Stadium on September 1st, the Yankees held a slim 1 1/2 game lead over them. The Yankees won the first two games of the three game series. In the second game, on a check swing, Mickey badly pulled a muscle in his left forearm. He then [...]
Birth of the Tape Measure Home Run
Only five days after Mickey Mantle Jr. was born, the Yankees were in Washington to play the Senators. Only 4,206 fans were in the stands that historic day as Chuck Stobbs was on the mound for the Senators facing 21 year old Mickey Mantle. In the top of the fifth inning, Mickey stepped to the [...]