Great Moments<\/strong><\/a> Legendary Yankee Stadium<\/strong><\/a> Evolution of the Single Season Home Run Record<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Can you set a single season home record before a season is over? If the answer is yes, the first to hold baseball\u2019s most glamorous record was Ross Barnes of the Chicago White Stockings, who hit the first home in National League history (his only one that season), on May 2, 1876. If you want to be picky and wait for the season to end, you would have to look to the long-forgotten George Hall of Philadelphia, who clubbed five that season and actually held the record for four years!\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Krause Publications Great Moments In 1968, I was a 19-year-old fan mail clerk for the New York Yankees, assigned to spend my summer answering Mickey Mantle\u2019s fan mail. It was the final season of Mick\u2019s 18-year career, although no one… Continue Reading
\nIn 1968, I was a 19-year-old fan mail clerk for the New York Yankees, assigned to spend my summer answering Mickey Mantle\u2019s fan mail. It was the final season of Mick\u2019s 18-year career, although no one knew it at the time. But Mickey probably did.\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDon\u2019t turn the page! My first impression, as a kid entering Yankee Stadium in the \u201850s, was NOT the massive spread of green grass, so strange to an urban child. Once I thought that was an original idea. Now, it seems everyone says it. I\u2019ve read it so often, it almost makes the experience seem ordinary! So I\u2019ve stopped saying it. (Although it was awfully impressive).\u00a0more<\/a><\/p>\nAuction Catalog, Lelands.com<\/h2>\n