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Photo of the Day Monday January 6, 2014 A young Mick goes into the stands

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mchenrycards

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Today's photo of the day features a 19 year old Mickey Mantle attempting to make a spectacular catch of a ball hit by The White Sox 1st baseman, Eddie Robinson. Despite Robinson's 28th round tripper of the year the Yankees went on to beat the Pale Hose by a score a 5-4.

In this photo Mantle was a budding start who was playing right field because Yankee legend Joe DiMaggio was still in his centerfirled position. DiMaggio would retire at the end of the 1951 season which allowed Mantle to take over his center field spot until the end of his career where he would play some first base. When this photo was taken Mantle was not suffering from the ill effects of bad knees that would plague him his entire career. It was during the World Series of 1951 when Mantle would step on a sprinkler cover in the Yankee Stadium outfield and blow out his knee which would forever hobble him. The great thing about this photo is that Mantle had so much incredible potential in front of him and his youthfulness propelled him into the stands, trying to take away this home run when, just a few years later he probably would never have even been close due to his physical limitations.

As mentioned before I like to look at a photo and see the other things going on in it, besides what is the true focus of the picture. I love to see the faces of the fans and it is very interesting to me to see the mix of people in the cheap seats. Young kids, teenagers probably playing hooky from school and older men taking in the game this early fall day. There is even a Military Policeman hanging out, watching the game down the right field line. The Korean war was on at this time so it does make one wonder why the MP was at a Yankee game, dressed in full uniform.

I hope you enjoy today's photo of the day.

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michaelstepper

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One guy wearing a ball cap in the entire photo. a few suits, a couple sweater wearers about 6 shirt and tie folk.. Different crowd then.. Sort of wish it were still like that
 

mchenrycards

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One guy wearing a ball cap in the entire photo. a few suits, a couple sweater wearers about 6 shirt and tie folk.. Different crowd then.. Sort of wish it were still like that

You are right in that it was a different crowd back in that day. And remember, the souvenir market today is so different than it was then. Nobody was selling jerseys for adults to wear and most ball caps were marketed to kids back then. I remember going to Cubs and White Sox games with my family in the late '60's and early '70's and much of the "stuff" that was for sale was aimed at children. You just didn't see adults wearing team logo-ed stuff. Maybe I am stuck in time but I agree with you in that I wish the days of going to a game like they did back in the day was still happening now!
 

MaineMule

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Great pic of the Mic!! ;)

I immediately notice that the distance marker down the RF line starts with "2." No current foul lines like that anymore. RF at Fenway is short but jutts out quickly past Pesky's Pole.

Found this on wiki for Old Yankee Stadium dimensions:

YearLeft Field
Line
Straightaway
Left Field
Left CenterStraightaway
Center Field
Right CenterStraightaway
Right Field
Right Field
Line
Backstop
1923285 ft (87 m)395 ft.460 ft (140 m)520 ft (160 m)425 ft.350 ft (110 m)295 ft (90 m)82 ft.
1937301 ft (92 m)402 ft/
415 ft (126 m).
457 ft (139 m)461 ft (141 m)407 ft.367 ft/
344 ft (105 m).
296 ft (90 m)82 ft.
1976312 ft (95 m)387 ft.430 ft (130 m)417 ft (127 m)385 ft.353 ft (108 m)310 ft (94 m)84 ft.
1985312 ft (95 m)379 ft.411 ft (125 m)410 ft (120 m)385 ft.353 ft (108 m)310 ft (94 m)84 ft.
1988318 ft (97 m)379 ft.399 ft (122 m)408 ft (124 m)385 ft.353 ft (108 m)314 ft (96 m)82 ft.

Interesting how they changed over the years......
 

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