Mickey Mantle And Roger Maris Hitting Home Runs Against Washington Senators in 1961
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A slide of a dual black-and white photograph of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. The top photograph shows Maris' follow-through on a home run against the Senators, his 44th of the season. He has completed the swing. The bat is in his right hand is pointing toward the backstop. He is shown full-length in the left-handed batter's box, watching the flight of the baseball. He is wearing a New York Yankees road uniform. The catcher in the photograph is Washington Senators Gene Green, who is still crouching behind home plate. The bottom photograph shows Mantle's follow-through on a home run against the Senators, his 45th of the season. He is shown full-length in the left-handed batter's box, moving forward toward first base while watching the flight of the ball. He has completed his swing, and the bat is upright beside his right ear. He is wearing a Yankees road uniform. Again the catcher in the picture is Washington's Gene Green. This time Green is rising out of his crouch behind the plate, and he is also watching the flight of the ball. Both home runs came in the first game of a doubleheader against Washington's Bennie Daniels. The caption underneath the photograph reads "(WX1)WASHINGTON, Aug.14--YANKEE SLUGGERS AT WORK--Roger Maris, top, and Mickey Mantle follow through at the plate yesterday as they add to their string of home runs at the expense of the Washington Senators. Both Yankee sluggers have hit for the circuit 45 times. They are well ahead of Babe Ruth's record 1927 pace, when he hit 60 home runs during the season. Catcher is Washington's Gene Green. (AP Wirephoto)(See AP Wire story)(rbo20700stf-wjs)1961." Information written on the physical slide reads "Roger Mars 1961."