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Two Questions

posted 17 years ago by FalconWR84
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Did the one armed home run really happen? Just wondering.........

Probably easier to answer: most of the year Mantle was in center Maris was in right, who was in left?

[–] boulderdash13 17 years ago

Not sure about the one armed homerun but Yogi Berra played left for half the year.

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/stats/historical/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=nyy&playerID=110925

[–] DJMan-51 17 years ago

Hector Lopez, Bob Cerv and John Blanchard would have been the other left fielders.

Left field at Yankee Stadium was very spacious. Lots of other teams flopped their regular left and right fielders when playing in the Bronx. It was less important to have the better arm in right.

[–] boutetr 17 years ago

Actually, they toned it down a bit. According to the special feature on my DVD, he managed to hit 2 hr's that day.

[–] grumpybear_22 17 years ago

I would say it was true...Billy Crystal was very much a stickler for keeping things accurate...down to the frosted batting helmets.

"it was a cool name, until that no talent ass clown won a grammy"

[–] steve-brink 17 years ago

One inaccuracy was that Bob Cerv played on the Los Angeles Angels until he was traded back to the Yankees on May 8. But overall, this movie was quite well done and enjoyable.

[–] bluestrat70 17 years ago

i've heard that story before, not that that makes it true. i don't think billy crystal would embelish that.

[–] boutetr 16 years ago

I thought I'd try to find out more about this question and here's a link that confirms what was stated on the special feature of my 61* dvd. There's even the original radio broadcasts of Mantles 2 homers that you can listen to.

http://www.theswearingens.com/mantle/090361.htm

The official Mickey Mantle website:

http://www.theswearingens.com/mantle/