“It was all I lived for, to play baseball.” Mickey Mantle debuted for the @Yankees #OTD in 1951, beginning his Hall of Fame career. Exactly two years later, he hit a home run estimated to have traveled an astounding 565 feet. ow.ly/ce4B50Ri3Wx
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@baseballhall @Yankees If only he didn’t get hurt so early on. His life on and off the field may have been different and so much better
@baseballhall @Mackenzie_NYR @Yankees And to go to the Copa with Whitey and Billy every night. To think what might have been had he not been a heavy drinker like he was. Sad.
@baseballhall @Yankees Sad that it switched from living to play baseball to drinking.
@baseballhall @Yankees Berra yelled this is it, thought it was going over the roof.