Mick has (almost) left the building

2010; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 23; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s00144-010-0035-9

ISSN

1867-2280

Autores

Michael Huber,

Tópico(s)

Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies

Resumo

Only once in the history of Yankee Stadium did a ball come close to leaving it (literally). “Mantle’s Homer Subdues A’s” was the headline for a game played on May 22, 1963, when the New York Yankees hosted the Kansas City Athletics in a night game at Yankee Stadium before a crowd of 9,727. According to John Drebinger of The New York Times, “Mickey Mantle belted one of the most powerful home run drives of his spectacular career.” In the next paragraph, Drebinger continued, “First up in the last of the 11th with a score deadlocked at 7-all and a count of two balls and two strikes, the famed Switcher leaned into one of Mick Has (Almost) Left the Building

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