Mickey Mantle blasts a spring training homerun and Stan Musial contends, “no home run has ever cleared my head by as much as long as I can remember.”

Mickey Mantle blasts a spring training homerun and Stan Musial contends, “no home run has ever cleared my head by as much as long as I can remember.”

1956 – At Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg there are no maybes about it as Mickey Mantle hits a Grapefruit League pitch from Larry Jackson over the left field wall into the bay. The Yankees top the Cardinals, 4 – 3. Stan Musial contends, “no home run has ever cleared my head by as much as long as I can remember.” Mantle will hit another at Al Lang Field on March 20th off Bob Mabe that also lands in the water, and will clock a 500-foot shot in Miami four days later against the Dodgers.