Answer Question 71:
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Yankees' PR Director Red Patterson. |
Answer Question 72:
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10-year old Donald Dunaway. |
Answer Question 73:
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Chuck Stobbs of the Washington Senators. |
Answer Question 74:
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The second anniversary of Mickey's
first game with the Yankees. |
Answer Question 75:
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Billy Martin was on third base when
Mickey pulverized his mammoth homer.
Ever the joker, Martin pretended to tag-up at third as if it was only a long
fly ball. |
Answer Question 76:
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Mickey almost ran into Billy on the base path because he didn't notice Billy
pretending to tag up. If Mantle had run into Martin he would have been called out and not been credited with
a home run. |
Answer Question 77:
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Mickey's longest home run was probably
hit off Paul Foytack at Briggs Stadium in
Detroit on September 10, 1960. The ball catapulted high over the 94-foot high right-field roof, cleared the adjacent
Trumbull Avenue and landed on the fly
in a lumber yard across the street. Years later the distance was measured
to the exact spot to where the ball landed.
It was found to be an incredible 643 feet! |
Answer Question 78:
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Mickey's longest home run was most
likely the ball he hit left-handed in an
exhibition game at USC on March 26, 1951. The ball traveled over the outfield fence and across a football field located
behind the baseball field. The exact measurement was 656 feet! In the same
game he hit another ball right-handed
that went out of the park, crossed a street, and hit the roof of a three-story
house several houses down the street. |
Answer Question 79:
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That question is subject to great debate.
Some say Babe Ruth hit the ball further,
but upon examination of their entire careers and reviewing interviews with
players who saw both Mickey and the
Babe play it seems likely that Mickey
hit more balls for greater distance than any other player in history. Ruth is at
a disadvantage because accurate records weren't kept when he was
playing. Other than Babe Ruth, no
player in history even comes
close to
the long home
runs that Mickey
consistently hit during his career. |
Answer Question 80:
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Al Benton is the only pitcher who faced both Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle
in major league games. Benton
pitched to Babe Ruth in 1934 (Benton's
rookie year, which he played with the Philadelphia Athletics) and to Mickey
in 1952 (Benton's last season, which
he played with the
Boston Red Sox). |
