Ending a seven-game homer drought, Mantle became the sixth member of the 500-club on May 14, 1967 when he hit a 440-foot blast to right field at Yankee Stadium off Orioles reliever Stu Miller. ...

On Aug. 23, 1973, the legendary salsa label, Fania, gathered together all its stars for a concert to end all concerts — in ...

Bryan Kashmen passed by Yankee Stadium in early October, 1965. The ball park that would be destroyed following the 2008 season was eerily silent. For the first time since 1959, there would be no ...

* Bobby Richardson (MVP of the 1960 World Series and starting second baseman for the great Yankee teams of the early 1960s.); * Hector Lopez, Johnny Blanchard and Luis Arroyo (more members of those ...

In the 1960s my dad, brother and I went to the first Bat Day at Yankee Stadium, a sold-out event that bankrupted the entire logging industry of Oregon. Just after Bat Day, the Vietnam War intensified.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – The train you take to the Yankees’ opening day could be older than Yankee Stadium itself. Nostalgia trains – including a 1917 train and the famed 1960s Train of Many ...

Mickey Mantle has his mouth wide in shout of pain as he pulls a muscle trying to reach home from second on a passed ball at Yankee Stadium, June 23, 1965. AP Those 39 straight winning seasons are ...

Hop aboard a vintage train for the New York Yankee’s home opener Baseball fans can ride a 1917 IRT Lo-V train to opening day at Yankee Stadium By Caroline Spivack Updated Mar 28, 2019, 8:44am EDT ...

Long before Washington was an Academy Award-winning leading man, he crossed paths with this former football star.