Monday
Monday marked the 69th anniversary of Mickey Mantle homering from both sides of the plate for the first time in his career. He did it again later that season, and twice more the following year, and once in each of the three seasons after that, too. Before Mantle came along, the trick had been turned just seven times in major league history, with o…
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