Tuesday Nite TRIVIA.....

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by tedzan

We talked about Mickey Mantle's great running catch
of Gil Hodges 440-foot drive into "death valley" (left-center field).

There was a third Yankee who helped save that perfecto. The oldest man in uniform that day. Listen carefully right after Hodges is announced, at about the 28 second mark:

http://vendiamo.com/Miley/Stengel_Mantle.mp3

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Mark17

There was a third Yankee who helped save that perfecto. The oldest man in uniform that day. Listen carefully right after Hodges is announced, at about the 28 second mark:

http://vendiamo.com/Miley/Stengel_Mantle.mp3

Thanks Mark for the audio.....gee, does it bring back memories.

Also, I do recall in my conversation with Don Larsen that he mentioned Casey Stengel telling Mantle to move over from CF a little towards Left Field when Gil Hodges came to bat.

It doesn't get any better in BB than that Perfect game.

Incidentally, have you read the book "PERFECT", by Lew Paper. It is excellently written, in that he devotes 18 chapters to the history of each ballplayer in this game (Dodgers and Yankees).

One story I especially like is regarding Duke Snider, who was a great all-around athlete in Compton (CA) High School. The Duke almost chose an NFL career. A great commentary
by Pete Rozelle (Snider's classmate).


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Peter_Spaeth]

It's great to hear audio from those days. There's nothing better in baseball, IMO, than Russ Hodges' call of the Thompson home run.