Whitey Ford outduels Yankee Killer Frank Lary to give New York a 6 – 0 win in Detroit. Mickey Mantle is 3 for 5 with two homers off Lary.

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On June 21, 1960 Whitey Ford outduels Yankee Killer Frank Lary to give New York a 6 – 0 win in Detroit. Mickey Mantle is 3 for 5 with two homers off Lary.

Despite two home runs and a single by Ted Williams, driving in four runs, the Red Sox lose to Kansas City, 11 – 7. Jerry Casale puts the Sox in the hole by giving up hits to the first six batters.

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On June 21, 1960 Despite two home runs and a single by Ted Williams, driving in four runs, the Red Sox lose to Kansas City, 11 – 7. Jerry Casale puts the Sox in the hole by giving up hits to the first six batters.

Roberto Clemente takes his first stab at 436 – Floyd Patterson style. His batting practice blast, one hop off the bricks of Forbes Field’s rarely-surmounted right centerfield barrier, comes one day after Roberto attended the Patterson-Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title rematch which ended in a 5th-round KO of the previously victorious Swede. Clemente “calls” his shot, claiming he’ll emulate Patterson’s bout-ending blow. As recounted by Larry Klein in Sport Magazine: “Clemente picked up a bat and walked toward the batting cage for his practice swings [and] said, ‘Watch me. I hit one like Floyd Patterson.’ He sat himself deep in the batter’s box, uncoiled and lined the first pitch to deep center field. The ball hit the 436-foot mark on one bounce.”

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On June 21, 1960 Roberto Clemente takes his first stab at 436 – Floyd Patterson style. His batting practice blast, one hop off the bricks of Forbes Field’s rarely-surmounted right centerfield barrier, comes one day after Roberto attended the Patterson-Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title rematch which ended in a 5th-round KO of the previously victorious Swede. Clemente “calls” his shot,…

Richie Ashburn plays his first game in Philadelphia since being traded to the Cubs in the offseason. ‘Whitey,’ a fan favorite during his dozen years with the Phillies, strikes out looking to start his 1-for-6 day in an extra-inning loss to his former team at Shibe Park.

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On June 21, 1960 Richie Ashburn plays his first game in Philadelphia since being traded to the Cubs in the offseason. ‘Whitey,’ a fan favorite during his dozen years with the Phillies, strikes out looking to start his 1-for-6 day in an extra-inning loss to his former team at Shibe Park.