On this date in 1953, Mickey Mantle clears the bleachers at Griffith Stadium with a 565 foot home run off Chuck Stobbs in a 7-3 Yankees win over the Senators.
"Mickey didn't get a hit every time he faced me. I got him out a few times too." - Chuck Stobbs
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