Mickey Mantle’s Dumb Play

Posted: 20th February 2010 by Harold Friend in MLB
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Jo Bydin was a young baseball fan when the Yankees 18-game winning streak was broken by the St. Louis Browns on June 16, 1953. Jo rooted for the New York Giants, and any day that the Yankees lost was a good day for Jo Bydin. The St. Louis Browns

The New York Yankees had high hopes of becoming contenders in 1966 after their disastrous sixth place finish the previous season. The veterans were relaxed during spring training, confident that the first Yankees' team to finish below .500 since 1925 would bounce back with a vengeance.

After a meaningless exhibition game at Ft. Lauderdale, a reporter brought up the fact that Whitey Ford was the only active pitcher who had a win-loss record against the old St. Louis Browns, the team that became the Baltim ...

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