Now here’s one I didn’t see live and in person, the game was Game 7 of the 1952 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Vin Scully was working for the Dodgers then and Mickey Mantle was hitting for the Yankees and that’s exactly what he did in this deciding game.
In the Top of the 6th inning with the score tied
at 2-2 the Yankees center fielder stepped up to the plate to face the Dodgers
Joe Black. Mantle proceeded to hit an eventual game-winning home run to
right-center field against Black and later added insult to injury with an RBI
single in the seventh inning to give the Yankees their fourth straight World
Series ring.
This was also the second consecutive World Series victory
over the Dodgers which never hurt since they were both native New York teams.
