Mickey Mantle starring 1957 World Series game 3 New York Yankees at Milwaukee Braves

[@BrianBurns-or6kc]

Clean all American athlete, watched him many times on our black and white tv, and radio at work. What a team that year. Wish I could go back and do it all over again.

[@henrivanbemmel]

What is your definition of clean? An alcoholic womanizer who for whatever reason did not respect his talent. Seriously ... I guess we all get taken in by the mythical images we want to believe in regardless of how false they usually are.

[@donaldpetrarca2149]

If Mickey Mantle had not injured His knee in the 51 World Series, there's no telling what His final stats would have been. As it was, He is and should be considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time.

[@Richard-by5gm]

The same thing could be said about Lou Gehrig. He would have had at least 500 homeruns and 3000 hits had he not got sick. His career was cut short.

[@howie9751]

Not to mention hurting his arm against the Braves in the WS. It would forever affect his swing from the left side.

[@brupic8968]

you can say that about countless athletes. about, for example, the time williams missed because of ww2 and korean war.s.or almost two seaons mays missed because he was drafted and so on and so on

[@howie9751]

@@brupic8968 Yes, I know.

[@rickbrander1665]

It's been said that Mantle is idolized not for what he accomplished, but for what might have been. He was my idol while growing up.

[@felixs.9617]

No bat flips, no gyrations going around the bases swinging arms up, no looking up to the sky. No showing up the pitcher or the opposing team. Just put the bat down and ran around the bases like it was nothing. That's a class act in a class era. And in the World Series no less.

[@henrivanbemmel]

It was the same in Lombardi's packers. No silly stuff in the end zone. Best modern player like that for me was Barry Sanders. He do something nobody else could and then just hand or toss the ball to the official. I just loved that!!! No hype, no con, just good football. I have little use for marketing ...

[@michaelnewton5873]

You would get beaned for that stuff. Pitcher is already upset for giving up a homer. Don't make it worse.

[@charliekucharski2079]

I miss the gentility of those baseball times. In football, Jim Brown never showed up the opposing team either.

[@DexterHaven]

No helmet either -- cool. Pack of Lucky's in the locker room. Whiskey bottles in the car truck. Seatbelts optional in the car. The '50s.

[@jamesnussey8799]

Sadly, that far better world is now just a memory

[@Unionman]

The Mick was my hero growing up in the 50s!!!!

[@actone1030]

Transports me to my childhood & my childhood hero, The Mick. He was somethin wasnt he?

[@kevinloignon7943]

My first "hero"

[@chrishinton3868]

Mine Too

[@philhenry8227]

Ditto

[@LarryEllinger-xo6qk]

You ain't whistling dixie!!

[@henrivanbemmel]

He could have been ever better if he had behaved himself.

[@LindaAllen2129]

Real Baseball, played for love of game.💜

[@gilbertopierdicca5187]

I see a lot of respect for the game in his style. Priceless

[@enriquedom7304]

Mickey Mantle., ERES Grande Entre Los Grandes Del Universo Bendiciones Para TI Y Todos Ustedes Juntos.. Raleigh, NC USA.

[@JohnWeeks-l3h]

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[@JohnWeeks-l3h]

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[@garyfaught3769]

Mickey hit an amazing .365 in '57, following his Triple Crown season of .353 53 130. He still LOST the batting title in '57 to Ted Williams by 23 points, who hit an amazing .388 at age 39.

[@Progmeister-tb3sn]

I grew up a huge Mickey Mantle fan. Thanks for the shocking stats!

[@robertlosasso4222]

I hate to correct you cause I loved Mickey Mantle but he hit 52 home runs when he won the Triple Crown.

[@garyfaught3769]

​@@robertlosasso4222thanks for the correction. Chubby fingers don't always go where there supposed to.

[@donnie450]

he was 38 but still the greatest hitter of all time.

[@donnie450]

The essence of baseball is to "get on base" and Ted is the all time leader in OBP, and second to Babe Ruth in OPS all time, Mantle is tenth.

[@michaelengland6534]

The players back then showed more class and respect.

[@angeleyes9951]

Tony Kubek, who was on 1st had one of the greatest perfomances of a rookie in a WS game in this particular game. He was 3 for 5 with two homeruns in front of his home town fans in Milwaukee.

[@samuelmoulds1016]

yeah, and Kubek's first home run was the first at bat of the game, as he was the leadoff batter for the visiting New York Yankees. not bad for a Milwaukee kid playing in his first World Series!

[@iamric23]

Look at the field and the condition it's in, wow. Also, love how Mickey just runs the bases and returns to the dugout with class, not today's world for sure.

[@patmac5884]

I agree with you Ric……Mantle was my hero…..as someone once said, if you are lucky enough to hit one out, act like you have done it before😉

[@diffened]

@@patmac5884 Yes, I have largely stopped watching sports because of all the showboating and in your face stuff. Just wasn't brought up that way. I think it was Jim Brown who made the statement about acting like you have done it before, although of course he was talking about TDs.

[@JosephMcguire-h1n]

Born in the Bronx in "51" The Mick was every thing to me .I copied his stance, swing, the way he ran around the bases. Black &White T.V. man I loved those days watching watching watching

[@johnvan6803]

Me to! I copied everything the Mick did!

[@NEWYORKPATRIOT-cp2tx]

We all copied him. His walk, his swing and the unique way he trotted the bases with his fists bent downward.

[@NEWYORKPATRIOT-cp2tx]

"There is no sound in baseball akin to the sound of (Mickey) Mantle hitting a home run, the crunchy sound of an axe biting into a tree, yet magnified a hundred times in the vast, cavernous, echo making hollows of a ball field." - Arnold Hano in Baseball Stars of 1958

[@NEWYORKPATRIOT-cp2tx]

"Until I saw (Mickey) Mantle peel down for his shower in the clubhouse at Comiskey Park one afternoon, I never knew how he developed his brutal power, but his bare back looked like a barrel full of snakes." - Dale Lancaster in 1957 Chicago Sun Times "You guys got to see this kid we have in camp. Out of class C ball, hits 'em both ways - five-hundred feet both ways! You've got to see him." - Bill Dickey "You're going to be a great player, kid." - Jackie Robinson after 1952 World Series

[@WOV49]

I’m 75 now and remember watching this series at my local barber shop. It was the closet place with a TV. I so miss daytime World Series games. That’s when baseball was really baseball. As a Washington boy I wasn’t a Yankee fan but I couldn’t help but root for Mickey and the boys in the October classic.

[@edwardcersosimo1905]

Day time World Series made me a baseball fan. I was born in 1951 in the Bronx. I ran home to see the Yankees lose in the 1960 World Series.S. And I have a friend who also said that he became a baseball fan at the age of 9 watching a day time World Series.

[@mikeholt1248]

Born here in 1948, Dad was a Yankee fan, I quickly became one. You’ll recall that there were 8 teams in the American League and 8 teams in the National League. Very simply, whoever won the pennant went straight to the World Series, none of these 35 dozen playoffs we have to watch these days. I remember watching the 7th game of the 1960 Series, bottom of the 9th, first pitch, Ralph Terry floated a fat fastball dead center over the plate, and Bill Mazeroski smacked a line drive over the left-field wall. That was it, Pirates win, broke my Yankee heart!

[@mikeandvickicooper4028]

Our teacher brought a tv to school to watch the World Series in 6th grade. M

[@kevinaldrich5650]

The hero of my childhood. And his decline from greatness was hard to witness.

[@robertdiepold2242]

Injuries and his drinking did not help. In today's world, he could have been a DH and that would have helped him.

[@davidmoriah4176]

Yep Broke my heart to see the decline.

[@josephcoleman3635]

That was one mighty big stick of lumber in the Mick's hands. He played for the sheer love of the game.

[@charliekucharski2079]

Mick was the man along with Roger Maris in my childhood. One reason is that Mickey always seemed to be in the World Series every year !

[@timothywoods2084]

what about yogi? He was in world series games than anybody.

[@garyfaught3769]

1951,'52,'53,'55,'56,57,'58,'60, 61, '62,'63, and 1964. And the Yankees won seven of those series. ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾ Not too bad

[@moboutmen]

Hits the homer. Runs the bases. Goes in the dugout. Baseball. What the hell happened?

[@gibomber]

Camera goes away from the outfield after the HR, and he was already at 3rd base

[@kevinloignon7943]

Money happened. If players back then EVER did stupid shit rounding the bases the head hunting would begin in earnest. Now? Players make too much money, pitchers don't intimidate anyone. They don't throw inside. They're all brothers in the same union. No one wants to hurt anyone.

[@moboutmen]

@@kevinloignon7943 Agreed. Bob Gibson would not be able to be Bob Gibson in today's version of the game.

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

​@@moboutmenDon't forget Don Drysdale.

[@moboutmen]

@@KevinMiller-xn5vu Never.

[@johngaines5905]

Mantle always ran head down and quickly to avoid showing up the pitcher . If he didn’t do that the next guy would get a fastball under his chin. So old school. The good old days!!

[@texasstadium]

The way it used to be. They way it should be.

[@henrivanbemmel]

Well, yes, but I don't like the notion of pitchers throwing at people and trying to injure or kill (which is what is going to happen when you are hit with a 100 mile an hour fastball) them. That is going too far. Same as coming into base with your spikes in the air. It's a #$%^ stolen base and you are willing to injure possibly wreck someone's career for that? Really? What is wrong here? In all other jobs workers are supposed to be protected by law so that they go home, perhaps tired, but not otherwise worse for wear. I get injuries occur in sports, but morally, headhunting should not be part of it. The Roman empire ended roughly 2000 years ago.

[@texasstadium]

@@henrivanbemmel There was not wholesale headhunting going on in those days. There were, however, unwritten rules of courtesy and respect. For instance, a batter would not "show up" a pitcher after a homerun. Also, the norm was that a pitcher could "own" the outside of the plate and the hitter would be entitled to the inside part of the plate. Both knew their limits and the "chin music" occurred when a hitter leaned well over the plate to reach outside pitches. Basic gamesmanship prevailed. Seldom did benches clear as opposed to modern baseball when any little thing sparks a bench clearing "almost brawl" where guys are hugging each other and playing to the cameras. Not that I know everything but I did coach baseball for decades up to and including high school. Never had one real incident of animosity. My teams were fundamentally sound and played with respect for opponents. P.S. I do know about spikes high. My little brother (a shortstop scouted heavily by the Pittsburgh Pirates) was severely injured in high school by an intentional spikes high idiot. His leg was torn up so badly that the ER had to call in an orthopedic surgeon to repair the muscles and tendons. I agree that something like that is uncalled for, and the offending player should be ejected and banned. And I would have no qualms toward making such an offender's next at-bat very uncomfortable.

[@henrivanbemmel]

@@texasstadium I agree and never meant it was open season. I'm old enough to be raised by a father who demanded such respect from how to behave in public to how to behave in a cemetery and I was not negotiable! BUT there was enough of animosity at least between professional teams who, I'm told that some were not allowed to speak to each other. I dunno. However, today when so many are socialized so differently and there a LOT of hard throwers out there, I get 'up and in' but throwing at someone is just wrong. I'm also glad they've found a way to reduce the at plate collisions. I want to come to the ballpark to see elegance and great skill not rollerball. Anyhow, thank you for you comment, much appreciated.

[@texasstadium]

@@henrivanbemmel Your comment also appreciated!

[@Celluloidwatcher]

Thank you for the NBC Television clip from the 1957 World Series, won by the Milwaukee Braves over the New York Yankees, although this scene of Mickey Mantle's home run to right center field is a gem in itself.

[@Richard-by5gm]

@@Celluloidwatcher Was Hank Aaron on that Milwaukee Braves 1957 team?

[@lanceb.]

My all time favourite player.

[@patrickoneill8047]

Video, videos we can watch these days anytime we have the time. Captured forever.

[@Actaeon2nd]

I was 7 years old when Mick hit this home run. I lived on Long Island and Mickey Mantle was my hero. Life was good. A year later my mother died in surgery. Brain tumor.

[@tomlawler5850]

I was 7 years old in ‘57. We lived in southern Mn. No Twins yet so the Braves were my team. First year we had a TV. Black and white. Awesome.

[@smurp1109]

Eddie Mathews was my idol. 41 my number. I was 6 and loved the braves i remember a parade for them. Some guy had an arrow through his head. I thought that was the coolest thing. Grear memories

[@tomlawler5850]

@@smurp1109 could still name a bunch of players on that team.

[@billydurham4143]

@@smurp1109 I also like Eddie Mathews. I used his bat. It had a really small lower handle. I broke it pretty quick on an inside fast ball.

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

That is what may well be described as minimalist play by play. Bob Buhl, from my hometown of Saginaw, MI had a rough Series, only getting 2 outs in the first against the Yanks, so it could explain the mood at that moment. The Braves rode Lew Burdette's pitching and took the title.

[@dominicdavino252]

Mantle and baseball back then unbelievable. Sadly it's not even an American game anymore. Players were humble friendly did their job now showboating etc etc etc. All about money. Mantle class act met him several times had a least half dozen pictures of him signed he was so humble while doing it. Not many like him today.

[@henrivanbemmel]

Look, the players in those were treated like crap. If owners can make billions than the players who produce all the value can at least make millions. This money is not coming from God, it is coming from the paying public, one way or another, who could be paying for local infrastructure or to improve their schools and so on and instead pay grown men to play a child's game for their own indulgence. This is America and it is ALWAYS about the money. The fans pay for this, if anyone is at fault it is them. How can we accept a $5B sports stadium when the roofs of local schools are leaking or the bridges across the rivers fail inspections (if there is money for them) The idea that folks would play for the love of the game and forsake their financial independence is ridiculous and it was almost never true. Even players in the Negro leagues did so so they did not have to work in other far worse menial jobs and they got paid better as well. That for the love of the game stuff is a myth created by Madison Ave years and years ago. It was never really true. Yes, I think most players LOVE the game, but since they are salaried and traded as a stockman would a steer the 'love of the game' only goes so far. It may perhaps get you to the big leagues, but after that everyone in a seemingly heartless America has to make money to pay the ever increasing bills.

[@mpojr]

Most dangerous hitter ever in the world series,he still holds record for most homeruns in world series play total 18

[@dougamundson6836]

I sure agree. Today, dumba$$ analysts talk about 'post-season-home runs'. Screw that, Mantle has the most World Series home runs.

[@davidtepper2290]

I feel very confident saying that no one else will ever hit 18 home runs in the World Series. Yogi Berra has a few WS records that will never be broken either!

[@newnoggin2]

I played golf with Mickey several times. I asked him who was the toughest pitcher he ever faced? He immediately said Koufax by far.

[@georgemeara2562]

He was not the only one to say that Sandy and Mantle they were something special

[@btspyglass4077]

Imho Koufax the all tome GOAT pitcher Much like Bobby Orr whose career cut short BTW Mickey my 1st sports hero , just loved him

[@garyfaught3769]

​@@georgemeara2562Mickey did nail one off Sandy in Game 4 of the '63 Series. Unfortunately no one else touched Koufax that day as he won a 2-1 complete game nailbiter.

[@ytujackclough]

Pete Rose also said that Sandy Koufax was the toughest pitcher he ever faced.

[@rvnmedic1968]

I was 10 years old in 1957 and watched Yankee games on our black and white TV. I collected baseball cards and had a few Babe cards in pristine condition. I watched the Yankee games and always expected Babe to hit a HR and was mad and depressed if he struck out! LOL My Dad took me and my younger brother to the old Yankee stadium to see Babe and the Yankees play. A great experience and memory!

[@Macdaddy-mx8ds]

Ruth retired from baseball in 1935 and you were born in 1947.

[@hawaiiukulele6117]

You got to be around 100 years old to see the babe play. Lucky you ...

[@BillStantonPhoto]

Do you mean Mick? Mick, I think. Mick was amazing in the 50"s. I was a Tiger fan in Detroit. But I rooted for The Mick.

[@robertlosasso4222]

I was just going to ask him how he watched Babe Ruth play when he was only ten years old in 1957 . Ruth was already dead .

[@countalucard4226]

I am so glad I saw The Mick at Yankee Stadium many times when I was younger. The first time ever going Mick hit one out in bottom of first off Camille Pasquale. A rainbow in the right field upper deck. To this day I can close my eyes and still see it.

[@NEWYORKPATRIOT-cp2tx]

"There is no sound in baseball akin to the sound of (Mickey) Mantle hitting a home run, the crunchy sound of an axe biting into a tree, yet magnified a hundred times in the vast, cavernous, echo making hollows of a ball field." - Arnold Hano in Baseball Stars of 1958

[@JohnRHughes]

My favorite baseball team of all time--the 1957 Milwaukee Braves.

[@nomikes4392]

Happiest day in my young life when Matthews got the force out at third

[@bob-qz9ey]

I remember this Series that our 4th grade Teacher enabled us to hear on the radio. Gee, so long ago. Now, we've MLB subscriptions televising vividly, colourfully. And, we've Shohei Ohtani, provin' to bein' light-years greater than any player ever. Back then, my favourite players were The Mick, and, Harmon (Killer) Killebrew. Always remember Vin Scully, and the Dizzy Dean Broadcasts.

[@brupic8968]

i remember peewee reese and dizzy dean doing the game of the week. strongest memory is peewee reese telling dean to shut up.

[@danielhoward4566]

His bat looks huge.

[@smartluck100]

That’s what she said!…OH!

[@josephciolino5493]

Unless you saw Mantle play regularly, (as I did) you can't even imagine how good he was. Stats don't tell the story.

[@dougamundson6836]

If he hadn't been a drunken brawler, he would be the best ever. But....Mays is.

[@scottmorissey8915]

Depends. Certain stats he put up are unreal. His OBP is .421 lifetime, which is awesome. Check out how few times he GIDP. Another stat I sort of came up with was the percentage of times he was on second and scored on a single. Guess what? It's better than Mays!

[@josephciolino5493]

@@scottmorissey8915 Is that a percentage of how many times he scored on a single or a total number of times? So muich depends on the people batting behind them. Either way, Mickey was the greatest.

[@scottmorissey8915]

@@josephciolino5493 Yep, singles. Mays WAS better going first to third, though.

[@scottmorissey8915]

@@josephciolino5493 Willie McCovey. Mantle had Berra (bad-ball hitter). Later, Howard. Who did Mantle have that had a good OBP batting in front of him? I mean, Maris' was good, from 1960-64, but Mantle missed 39 games in '62 and 97 more the next year. I know he missed some games in '64, too.

[@davet5887]

Great footage ! Thank you for posting . I remember as a kid going to a Yankee game at the old stadium with dad ( early 60’s ) , seeing the Mick , and hearing someone behind us shouting when Mick was batting - the guy yelled , “ hit one crutches ! “ . Being a kid , I didn’t know what that meant , but my dad explained it to me . New York fans were tough on players back then too . Thankful for times like that , that I had with my dad - I’m still a lifetime Yankee fan , now my kids and grandkids are too !

[@chrisdekalb2678]

Grew up in So Ill in Cardinal coyntry but an avid Yankee fan. Mantle was my idol. They don't make heros like that anymore

[@richardhyppa1967]

And the Cards were Mickey's favourite team when he was a boy, since they were closest to Commerce OK.

[@dennisshaw4112]

Where are all the shin, face, knee, elbow, and arm protection equipment on the batter? Where is the 12 inch oven mitt on the first base runner??

[@josephharnett5075]

I know ridiculous when Mantle was in the batters box no adjusting all his protective equipment only tho watch a fast ball go right down the middle lol 😊

[@theretiringbarber]

i REMEMBER THIS !

[@johnespada6580]

My father love it and watch it in 1957

[@samuelmoulds1016]

yeah, the 1957 World Series was the first one I learned what a World Series was.

[@jeffkilgore6320]

I love the bat flips and emotion. And I’m an old dude. New age.

[@jkryanspark]

I was born in NYC in 1956, the year Mantle won the Triple Crown. How could I not be a Mantle and Yankee fan? We Yankee fans were well rewarded for our fandom.

[@NEWYORKPATRIOT-cp2tx]

"Until I saw (Mickey) Mantle peel down for his shower in the clubhouse at Comiskey Park one afternoon, I never knew how he developed his brutal power, but his bare back looked like a barrel full of snakes." - Dale Lancaster in 1957 Chicago Sun Times "You guys got to see this kid we have in camp. Out of class C ball, hits 'em both ways - five-hundred feet both ways! You've got to see him." - Bill Dickey "You're going to be a great player, kid." - Jackie Robinson after 1952 World Series

[@robertmartin5308]

When baseball was a real sport and players humble.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

I like how he stands in the box after every pitch. None of this stepping out and fooling with the bat, then the uniform, then the cap, banging the cleats, then the bat again, taking 20 or 30 seconds to get back into the box after EACH pitch! And of course today they have to adjust their batting gloves and gold chains too. Total ridiculousness.

[@dougamundson6836]

I agree, thank you.

[@ukrandr]

They adjust their absurd batting gloves after having TAKEN a pitch. It's those kinds of things that have driven me away from the once beautiful game.

[@GearUpB2]

So nice to see an umpire directly behind the plate. Thank you external chest protector, they can accurately see the outside corner!

[@nomadicroadrat]

Mickey Mantle, a class act.

[@markstevens2944]

How about the professionalism of the announcer just calling the game, just one guy in the booth and no color man blathering endlessly, No camera shots of the crowd and the entire production crew stayed focused on the game. The good old days.

[@marklidman]

If you can find Don Larsen’s perfect game in ‘56 you’ll hear Mel Allen and Vin Scully each calling half of the game.

[@andrewstryker3549]

Those were the days when class reigned.

[@btspyglass4077]

Have never seen a batter stance like Mickey's

[@JeffreyDubins]

That is how you hit a homerun and run the bases. If pitchers celebrated strikeouts the way hitters celebrate homeruns everyone would be complaining.

[@DavidTodd-cs1hq]

Mickey mantle was my hero when I was in little league. Later on I used his signature Louisville slugger. I played for the love of the game. Not like today. 😢

[@123Goldhunter11]

"Those were the days my friend." Marris would soon join with Mantle, Yogi, Ford etc etc.

[@michaelmiller2397]

Gene Conley, the Braves' pitcher, also played for the Boston Celtics.

[@51grsmith]

a buddy of mine played with Mickey, said if he had spent as much time in his room as he did in the bar he would own every record

[@neetknight9954]

No “color commentator “ on this broadcast . I love it!

[@countalucard4226]

One time at Yankee Stadium Elston Howard was in the right field bullpen and I leaned over and asked for a ball and he said to me “You already got two.” Then he and another person laughed. True story I swear.

[@gerrygrasvik523]

My brother's favorite ballplayer of all time...And I heard that Dimaggio had something to do with Mantle's knee injury in 51....😮

[@erichjaps7150]

NO BATING GLOVES

[@Brian-zp1df]

Clean swing

[@Brian-zp1df]

Was born in Rockville Center a month after this

[@JamesFaso]

I remember when I was a kid i was the coolest one on the block because i had the Mick's baseball card in the spokes of my bicycle. only wish i had it now

[@nomadicroadrat]

Cousin was a bat boy at Yankee Stadium. He had a collection of bats signed by each Yankee player and baseball cards. I think they're at Cooperstown.

[@danwolter3574]

Loved The Mick, but I believe my Braves won that Series...anyway, many years later I was talking baseball with Johnny Logan, a true Braves original. He said the difference between his era and now was they played hurt and/or drunk. What a guy!

[@freddyfurrah3789]

I could hit a home run every time. Every single time.

[@robertfunk2796]

just maybe the greatest baseball player of them all

[@kevinkhoy7171]

Listen to The wonder silence in between the pitches! So much better commentary back in the day! Those early TV guys let the game breathe!

[@myopinioncountsmost2419]

One of the greatest alcoholics to play the game.

[@paavoviuhko7250]

Good to see this. The old days. Roger Maris 61 homeruns. Someone will give me crap for saying that.

[@MrRedberd]

That dirt looks deep, like a sandy beach

[@Tonetwisters]

Del Crandall catching. Joe Adcock on first. Mickey was super before the knee went. I was just about to turn 10 years old when this game was played.

[@MichaelGibbons-uk2mc]

No stepping out of the batters box to adjust batting gloves even when they don't even swing sometimes

[@caesarfiorini]

this game 3 yanks win gave them a 2-1 series lead. They lost games 4 and 5 in Milwaukee, won game 6 in NY behind Bob Turley only to get shut out in game 7 in NY by Lew Burdette

[@garyfaught3769]

The Yanks got even in '58 by winning games 5,6, and 7, overcoming a 1-3 deficit to win the series in seven. BTW, Steven King gives a good account of the comeback in his thriller "11-22-63" .

[@MarkGonzalez-d1g]

Anyone know when baseball put the cameras in center field?

[@StevenHausser]

In 1951 given the choice, Mays or Mantle, I'd take Mantle in a NY minute.

[@dougamundson6836]

I am a Mays guy, but I can't argue with you about that.

[@jamesstephenpeyton3305]

When the announcers didn’t blather on as they do today.

[@LarryGarcia-p3j]

I own property in Micky Mantles home town of Commerce, Oklahoma. It's a Beautiful small All American town ❤

[@rickeuler5792]

Interesting how Connolly takes the sign from off the rubber then steps back on and comes to the set position.

[@DexterHaven]

The good batters like Babe Ruth and Mickey take a step forward as they swing.

[@lanceb.]

@@DexterHaven I always said I liked the way Mickey made that step to the ball. Yes, I can see the Babe doing it too now, in my memory from his game films. Thank you for that comparison. I did notice a characteristic of sloped shoulders of some great athletes, like Gordie Howe had.

[@NEWYORKPATRIOT-cp2tx]

"No man in the history of baseball had as much power as Mickey Mantle. No man. You're not talking about ordinary power. Dave Kingman has power. Willie Mayshad power. Then when you're talking about Mickey Mantle- it's an altogether different level. Separates the men from the boys." - New York Yankees Manager Billy Martin

[@finishstrongdoc]

I was at that game. Braves lost, 12-3. Schoendienst at 2nd base threw a cross body block at Mantle trying to advance to 3rd , right at his bad knee.

[@richardhyppa1967]

And Mantle's shoulder was injured, right?

[@phukit5456]

I heard more exictement from an announcer calling ball 1 than that home run call.

[@williamallison3410]

3 and 1 pitch.....and it's gone.... made the camera crew flinch...

[@davidmccaffery7977]

Yhe Mick was #1

[@docalexander2853]

Nice throw to first base by the catcher.

[@bobbysands6923]

I always laugh whenever I watch the Yankees of this era. Mantle just hit a home run. Next up? Just Yogi Berra...

[@ミスマル-k6b]

左打席のマントルは素晴らしい！

[@jacksonfl]

I'm age 75 and remember these days. Mantle looks so relaxed, but formidable. Must have been scary to pitch to him.

[@Rayburn58]

Compare broadcasters of the past to what we have now. Back then no over analyzing the situation. In fact no analyzing, only broadcasting the actual events as they happen. Maybe a little commentary would be nice. However today in a world series broadcast we have guys like john smoltz with non stop rambling on and on as he over analyzes the game situation. It's so irritating, every post season we have to listen to guys like blabber mouth smoltz and his non stop rambling as he tries to show the world how much he thinks he knows about all aspects of baseball. I wish today's broadcasters would learn to shut up more. Ron Darling does a very good job, provides intelligent commentary with a pleasant calm demeanor without over doing it, unlike non-stop blabber mouth smoltz.

[@gibomber]

Exactly...and Ron Darling is great.

[@broughmar]

Pretty much the same in all other major team sports. Incessant, unnecessary noise from loudmouths in the booth who want to be the center of action. It's a pleasure to hear play by play from the past.

[@bigaltheoriginal6579]

announcer could not contain his excitement

[@richardthiele8363]

People still had some dignity and manners back then. The Braves eventually won the series though.

[@robertaxel]

Yes, the Braves were a talented team, it's surprising they won only one title in the decade. Somewhat similar to their teams in the 90s...

[@groverbeachchurchofchrist]

His injuries ended his career. He played for years with excruciating pain and finally couldn’t play at all.

[@CarloFerraro]

How much would his contract be worth now?

[@enriquebarnet9188]

Tuvo la mala suerte de padecer de ostiomelitis en las rodillas que le redujeron posibilidades en su carrera, de no haber sido por eso, hubiera sido el más grande de la historia

[@tonypanzarella9387]

The 1957 Braves had two catchers who answered to the name of "Del": Crandall and Rice.

[@bergy-62]

Sounds like Red Barber..can someone please confirm that?

[@gibomber]

Yes, is Red Barber. Great on the radio, pretty boring on TV

[@bergy-62]

Thank you..agree he was much better on the radio...never forget his call on the Gionfriddo catch on Dimaggio.

[@19trebor53]

Mantle didn’t understand all the fuss and adulation when he first came up. I just play baseball was his comment. Little did he know that baseball players of his caliber were worshipped in New York.

[@ronknauss5964]

Back when MLB was watchable 😢

[@richierugs6544]

is the grass as bad as it looks or is it just the film?

[@jerrylohla5356]

Those were the days of NO post season playoff. The BEST team in each league after 154 games played in the World Series, which is why the Yankees played in so many World Series. Once the playoff system started, the best team after 162 games SELDOM ends up in the World Series. It's ALL about money from a long televised playoff series.

[@ronniecozzi8385]

Was this a golden at bat?