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this is baseball history daily and I'm
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Tom a baseball Nostalgia Enthusiast and
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I'm just here to bring you a few minutes
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about today in baseball history and
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here's my co-host Robin to jump into
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September 10th 1960 Mickey Mantle
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unloads a cannon shot clearing the right
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field roof in Detroit and landing in
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Brooks lumber yard across Trumbull
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Avenue in June 1985 Mantle's blow was
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retroactively measured at 643 feet and
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was listed in the Guinness Book of World
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Records as the longest home run in
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history new research by National
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Baseball Hall of Fame overturned that
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estimate and instead gives the mark to a
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575-foot blast by Babe Ruth hit on July
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18 1921 also in Detroit September 10
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1963 Roberto Clemente provides a 420
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foot footnote to another Sandy Koufax
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Masterpiece Clemente's fourth career
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home run off Sandy came off a slider a
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pitch the Pirates didn't know Koufax had
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picked up in the last 10 days Koufax
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shelf the slider for the rest of the
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night one pirate later observed that
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giving kofax a new pitch is like giving
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Rockefeller a dime neither of them
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September 10 1999 the Red Sox tripped
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the Yankees 3-1 as Pedro Martinez hurls
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an impressive one-hitter for his 21st
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victory Of The Year Martinez Strikes Out
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17 batters the most Yankees ever fanned
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September 10 1918 players on both sides
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of the World Series threatened to strike
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out unless they are guaranteed 2500 to
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the winners and 1 000 each for the
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losers they back off however when they
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are told they will appear greedy while
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their countrymen are fighting a war
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that was September 10th this day in
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our extensive collection of radio
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broadcasts captures game's most iconic
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moments they have retold to you by those
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who lived it these broadcasts narrate
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more than just a game they paint a vivid
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picture of the era and the legends that
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shaped it have a quick listen
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this is Ernie Harwell at Memorial
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Stadium in Baltimore Maryland
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today we're out at the polar ground that
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historic old home of the New York Giants
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nestled in the league of spoken's bluff
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on the island of Manhattan hi there
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everybody this is Rob keiner welcome to
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another big league game from Houston
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Texas here at Cole stadium and now good
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afternoon everyone to Baseball fans
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everywhere this is Phil Slater with Al
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Helper and Bill Corum greeting you from
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Briggs Stadium in Detroit good afternoon
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well it's another beautiful day here in
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Yankee Stadium this is Lynn Scully along
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with Jerry Doggett an owl helper
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inviting you to stay with us now excited
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thank Robin for today's highlights you
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