Monster Mick
The Mick truly was a monster. I remember him hitting one well over the right field roof at old Sportsman's Park in St. Louis in the '64 World Series, which wouldn't really have been all that special, except that it was hit while he was batting right-handed, thus to the opposite field! Also one that he hit against the Tigers, circa 1965 or 1966, batting left-handed, that cleared the 457-foot
marker in deepest left center in old Yankee Stadium on one short hop! In today's muscle parlance, they would say he had an amazing number of fast-twitch muscle fibers, especially in light of his awsome running speed before all the leg injuries (timed at 3.1 seconds to first base from the left side by stop-watch).
Long live the legend!
Larry
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