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How come you don't hear what a nice guy he was?

Too many long nights followed by rough days and too many injuries robbed The Mick of his potential. He could have been Ruth and DiMaggio combined. But even still, my fellow Oklahoma boy did pretty good for himself.

Watch Yaz, at 2:28 he looks up because he thinks it's high off of the wall and he'll have to play it off of the wall. At 2;30 he sees that the ball just made it into the net. Yaz has played thousands of balls off of the The Green Monster for 18 years...at 2:30 his body language tells you everything. He buckles like he can't believe it. That's an out in 95% of the ballparks in Major League baseball.

Anybody who loved Roger should read "Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero". The constant stress, the unkind writers, and brutal fans brought tears to my eyes throughout my reading. Roger was once up to smoking 5 packs of unfiltered cigarettes per day, which, no doubt, led to his lymphoma. His class throughout his career, and in his last days are lessons from which we can all learn. Roger was a great man, teammate, and ballplayer who deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

Seeing Yaztremski`s knees buckle as he saw that ball going out of the park was something else. It took the wind out of him.

Wow im 33 this is amzing my best childhood memories are at old yankee stadium godbless

I miss when fans would storm the field.

Messer was the best. We were watching this on East 6th St with Frank Messer on radio. The whole block exploded when it cleared the Green Monster.

greatest yankee ever

Red Barber and Mel Allen were working the TV side, while Phil Rizzuto was on the radio. Rizzuto did a much better job than Barber / Allen. He went nuts, and the fans always loved that. I believe Rizzuto was more connected to the Yankees, being a former Allstar shortstop. In any case, it was great to see Roger Maris hit #61 again! Thanks for posting!

Comiskey Park was only a 5 1/2 hour drive from where he crashed in Ohio.

Awesome

My dad took me to this game

So sad, glad the Yankees honor him all these years later. Last real captain by real I mean he ran that clubhouse

the voice of my youth. Class personified. He trained lay readers in the Catholic church for decades.

What a time in baseball history! No drugs, just raw talent!

Whitey served that one up for him. They were best friends.

For a small guy, he really crushes the ball !

I love Mickey mantle. In the 1961 season's. He was my second guy. After that season. He's was truly great person..l love mantle and maris.❤⚾️❤⚾️

Mel Allen, the pride of Alabama Law School, did everything, including the Rose Bowl Game for many years

If I had a mind to pick up every brochure that I saw cluttered on the field and stands that day I could have bought myself a pretty nice car 30 years down the line

Amazing! I was actually at that game sitting right above the Yankee dugout. I have photos that I took that day that I recently re-discovered!

In today’s game players are all about vanity. Not true ball players.

This man perfected what a PA announcer should be yet today instead we get guys yelling at us while we’re trying to enjoy a ballgame.

the mick was a classic act.when he hit a homer it was a sight to see.one of the best !!!!!

Respectfully, Red did not have a good call here, Mel saved it a bit,

chris chambliss and aroone boone

1976 2003 homerun on the first pitch of the inning wins the pennant

similiar to aarone boones homerun

i enjoyed this video it makes me smile RIP Frank ,Scooter< Billy ,Edenton, Thurman ,Bill, Catfish, Yoga, you guys are missed

He took flying too casually. He should have had a check list.

Legend ❤️

He should've been in Costner's FIELD OF DREAMS, where he could've announced all the players of their All Star Game. Just imagine... Playing left field for the White Sox, #5, Joe Jackson, #5. Ufff...

I wish the Dodgers had been the NL team that year, so that Bob could've intoned: LEADING OFF FOR THE BROOKLYN DODGERS AND PLAYING SECOND BASE, #42, JACKIE ROBINSON... NUMBER 42. I would've cried even more than I did here. And I'm a Cardinals fan! Just brilliant.

Going to yankee stadium as a kid, my dad would always try and mimick Bob's voice before he came on.....at the time my dad was having fun mimicking his voice but deep down he always had an admiration for him and the deep yankee tradition of that franchise

I’ll always love how Maris had his jersey tailored. He might not have really craved the limelight and attention for what he accomplished but he sure did want the folks to know all about how ripped his arms were.

Bob Sheppard the Voice of God

🎉he was like Leo he.win pennant but owner fire him Brooklyn newyot c ubs get.himself fired

I WANT MY MAPOE...😅

Any recordings of Toby Wright playing national anthems?

😊😊😊😊😊

Babe did it in 154 games vs. 159 by Roger.

The greatest Kansas City Athletic of all time . . .

I grew up listening on the radio to Mel Allen and Red Barber call Yankee games. My Uncle George taught me the game as we listened. I would rather listen to a game called by these two greats than watch while some announcer talks about everything except what is in front of them.

They won that opener, beating the Cleveland Indians, 6-1. Mel Stottlemyre outpitched Gaylord Perry. Perry was 35 years old, and pitched for another 10 seasons. Stottlemyre was 32, and an injury ended his career just 4 months later. Graig Nettles hit a home run. Bobby Murcer and Thurman Munson each got 2 hits.

Little known fact: Comedian Freddy Lewis was in attendance for this event. He was thrown out for repeatedly screaming, “Mantle sucks! Mays is the best!” xoxo The Clarences

And it looked surprisingly similar to the movie 61*, which in my opinion is the greatest baseball movie ever made!

Now batting ....numba' 45 ....Steve Balboni ...Balboni

Why is Mantle more famous than Maris?

Think how understated the celebration was when Maris hit #61. Ruth's 60 was arguably the most coveted record in baseball.