Photo of the Day (Yes..it is returning)Lets kick this off again with an old school color Mantle

[mchenrycards]

After a month and a half down time life is finally getting back to normal and I thik I will be able to post these on a daily basis without too much interruption.

Today's photo of the day is a early to mid '60's photo that features Mickey Mantle in old Yankee Stadium about to unleash his fury on another unassuming baseball. The photo wasnt marked with the credit information but it appears the visiting team is the Orioles (hopefully someone will correct me if wrong) and those others in the photo are unnamed.

I hope you enjoy today's photo of the day

 

[Gwynn545]

Beautiful! I don't always comment in these threads, but I thoroughly enjoy them! This one is just beautiful!

 

[jeff_bichel]

Glad you're back, I've missed this.

 

[joey12508]

Great picture, way cool how he holds the bat, left hand below the knob.

 

[Gwynn545]

Btw, Orioles Catcher, 1963, John Orsino, #12
Thats my guess in a limited amount of research!

 

[A_Pharis]

Beautiful pic, and I am glad to see these back.

 

[69MetsFan]

Welcome back! Instead of an unassuming ball, I prefer to think of the fan in the left field stands who went home with a ball and a great story.

 

[michaelstepper]

Welcome back. These were missed, hope all is well.
Great picture. Look at all the white shirts and ties behind him. Love the bat grip as well, cause that's how I held the bat for years

 

[mchenrycards]

I was so busy looking at everything else in this picture that I never even noticed the grip. Great observation!!

 

[dstrawberryfan39]

Glad to see these back I get my daily fix now!!!

 

[dano7]

Anything with Mantle is ALWAYS welcome! Glad to have the Photo of the Day back up and running.
DANNY

 

[MaineMule]

Bam!! Welcome back and great pic!! Look at how "thick" the Mick looks through his core. No wonder he could hit the he** out of the ball. A few other things I notice- no batting helmet or catchers helmet and very old school catchers mask. Also, knowing Mantle was a switch hitter- without looking at his stats, I am guessing he hit better from the left side, especially at the Stadium.

 

[mchenrycards]

Bam!! Welcome back and great pic!! Look at how "thick" the Mick looks through his core. No wonder he could hit the he** out of the ball. A few other things I notice- no batting helmet or catchers helmet and very old school catchers mask. Also, knowing Mantle was a switch hitter- without looking at his stats, I am guessing he hit better from the left side, especially at the Stadium.

No batting gloves either!!

 

[jeff_bichel]

No pine tar, shin guard, wrist band, thin armor on the catcher, ads on the walls and omg, those forearms look like Popeye, and all without drugs, just Bourbon.
He looks to be about 25-28 so that makes it about 1957 or so.
It would be cool if occasionally you put up a pic with no info to see what we can come up with about the pic on our own.

 

[exigussrex]

No batting gloves is the coolest. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Enfuego79]

One awesome photo.

 

[Tzvih123]

Everyone loves a good Mantle.