saint0917
June 9th, 2009, 06:52 AM
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On a bright Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle is honored by 60,000 fans along with dozens of former teammates, managers, coaches and family members. The onetime “Commerce Comet,” who came out of Oklahoma like a prairie tornado and tore up the American League for 18 seasons, was an integral part of 12 pennant-winning clubs and seven World Series champions. His homespun, heartfelt remarks to the crowd bring cheers of adoration that still echo in the hearts of all Yankee fans.
B I R T H D A Y S
Byron “Whizzer” White b. 1917
Del Ennis b. 1925
Herb Adderley b. 1939
Willie Davenport b. 1943
Lindsay Davenport b. 1976
On a bright Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle is honored by 60,000 fans along with dozens of former teammates, managers, coaches and family members. The onetime “Commerce Comet,” who came out of Oklahoma like a prairie tornado and tore up the American League for 18 seasons, was an integral part of 12 pennant-winning clubs and seven World Series champions. His homespun, heartfelt remarks to the crowd bring cheers of adoration that still echo in the hearts of all Yankee fans.
B I R T H D A Y S
Byron “Whizzer” White b. 1917
Del Ennis b. 1925
Herb Adderley b. 1939
Willie Davenport b. 1943
Lindsay Davenport b. 1976