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 [...]
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 [...]
A Perfect Day
The 1956 World Series pitted the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers won the first two games and the Yankees won the next two. Game 5 was [...]
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 [...]