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May 14, 1967: Mickey Mantle smacks his 500th home run
After winning five straight pennants, and two world championships in the first half of the decade, the New York Yankees were certainly getting a different view of the American League standings. After decades of being rulers of the roost, the Bronx Bombers were now, well, part of the roost. After the Yankees won the pennant […]
October 6, 1952: Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra power Yankees in Game 6
For the first time in six World Series appearances, the Dodgers reached Game Six with a chance to capture their first title in franchise history. Coming off a dramatic 6-5 victory in 11 innings over the New York Yankees in the Bronx to take the Series lead, “Dem Bums” returned to Brooklyn and Ebbets Field, […]
September 20, 1968: Mickey Mantle’s 536th and final home run marks end of an era
Mickey Mantle had done it 535 times before, so his solo clout against Red Sox hurler Jim Lonborg on September 20, 1968, did not appear to be highly significant. But when Mantle retired before the 1969 season, its importance resonated — number 536 was the last occasion for the Commerce Comet to circle the bases. […]
October 10, 1964: Mickey Mantle’s record World Series home run wins it in 9th
The World Series is baseball’s Big Stage. Of necessity, a Big Stage requires stars, and the history of the World Series abounds with them – Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, and so many more. The New York Yankees’ Mickey Mantle was one such star.1 Considered by many the game’s greatest player during the 1950s, […]
September 18, 1956: Mickey Mantle belts 50th homer as Yankees clinch AL pennant
When the Yankees took the field at Comiskey Park on Chicago’s South Side, the question wasn’t whether the Bombers would capture their seventh pennant in eight years since Casey Stengel took over as skipper in 1949, but rather when they would clinch. Catapulted by a 27-6 run, which ended on July 30, the front-running Yankees […]
September 19, 1968: Denny McLain wins 31st game, serves up milestone homer to Mickey Mantle
Either a Detroit Tigers win or a Baltimore Orioles loss would clinch the 1968 American League championship for Mayo Smith’s squad. On September 17 the Tigers got both. The next day’s game at Tiger Stadium was rained out. To the casual fan, the September 19 game with the New York Yankees, 18 games behind the […]
May 1, 1951: Minnie Miñoso homers in first plate appearance for White Sox; Mickey Mantle boosts Yankees with first career homer
The long love affair between Minnie Miñoso, the first black player in White Sox history, and South Siders began with a bang in his first game with his new club. Traded as part of a three-team deal on April 30 that also involved the Athletics and the Indians,1 Miñoso, called by Chicago manager Paul Richards […]