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Mickey Mantle's famous 1953 home run blast...
Mickey Mantle's famous 1953 home run blast...
Item # 721490
April 19, 1953
SPORT'S SECTION only of the New York Times, April 19, 1953
* Mickey Mantle's famous 565 foot home run
* New York Yankees legend - MLB baseball
The front page has a one column heading: "MANTLE HOMER HIT INTO HALL OF FAME" with subhead. (see images)
Complete sport's section only with 12 pages, rag edition in great condition.
background: On April 17, 1953, in a game at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C., 21‑year‑old Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit one of the most legendary home runs in baseball history. Facing Senators pitcher Chuck Stobbs, Mantle, batting right‑handed, stepped in after Yogi Berra walked and, using a teammate’s bat, crushed a chest‑high fastball deep to left‑center field. The ball cleared the stadium’s left‑center bleachers, struck a beer‑advertising sign roughly 460 feet from home plate, and reportedly landed in a nearby backyard, giving rise to the often‑cited distance of 565 feet, though modern analyses suggest it likely traveled between 510 and 540 feet. This “tape‑measure” home run, aided by a strong tailwind, became a defining moment of Mantle’s early career, cementing his reputation for prodigious power and entering baseball lore as one of the longest and most remarkable homers of the pre‑Statcast era, even as debate over its exact length continues.
Category: The 20th Century
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