I was born this day also . I can see that many heroics were performed that day , but among the greatest were performed by my mother as i was nearly ten pounds at birth . It's nice to know that Kaline had such a great day as he would later become my childhood favorite player . Super video !
As we all know, a lot of these old ballparks have gone the way of the wrecking ball...Tiger Stadium, Yankee Stadium, The Polo Grounds, Ebbets Field, Crosley Field, Forbes Field, etc. It's nice to be able to look back at these movies. This is indeed a treasure! Nice personal touch!
Thank you for sharing this...... I'm a huge fan of that era in baseball.....Mickey was so larger than life..... What's amazing to me is I'm watching the Dodgers and Vin Scully right now and Vin was broadcasting that day also...... Wow
Thankyou for sharing that with everyone dcap178 although I'm a sox fan up till 65 mantle was my hero. my cousin from Ma. turned me but mantle is not forgotten.
He's my favorite yank of all time. Love these old clips. Thanks again.
thank you so much for sharing this priceless treasure. It gave me chills as I felt I was intruding in on a night your family gathered around to watch your home movies. Private images of a simpler time in history & baseball. Heroes I'd never had a chance to see. I'm gratefull for this oppertunity. Thank you.
Great tribute to your father. Makes me think of the times I spent at Tiger Stadium as a child watching baseball with my father, grandfather, uncles, etc. in all types of weather. It's truly a blessing to have a loving and supportive family.
Many thanks for sharing this wonderful film. I was 15 years old when it was taken and, as a devout fan of The Mick, I remember it well. This was, of course, a different age, and a different game. But the memories are strong, and watching Mantle in his familiar home run jog - elbows up, like walking on eggs - took me back across the years to a simpler and gentler time. Well done, and thanks, again.
This is an incredibly romantic film! I've just fallen in love with it. The music chosen, especially the theme from Band of Brothers, works great too. An this game was played just after I was born too!! As a Yankee / Mantle fan, it's great. Have you thought of contacting the Baseball Hall of Fame about either the vid or film. I bet your family enjoyed many nights behind the old 8mm projector watching this. Thanks!!
I wish I could have bee a fan during the 40's and 50's as this film captures what it must have been like. I just finished the new book about Mickey Mantle by Jane Levy and he lived a tragic life. Still, he was as exciting a ballplayer as any in baseball's history and again this film captures his myth and legend.
WOW ............. as a diehard tigers/kaline fan, now living on long island, i appreciate you sharing your memories.....baseball's just like that, isn't it? (for a yankee fan, you're a pretty good guy)........
Detroit was once the most powerful industrial city in the world. Today there are 2 cities in Japan that were distroyed by the Atom bomb and are now rebuilt modern thriving cities.. Dont Buy Foreign Cars...GO TIGERS!!
Barry Bonds???? If Mantle would have had access to steroids and taken them like Barry Bonds did, he would have hit 100 home runs. Bonds was not as good as Mantle (look at the stats) before he began cheating.
Football can't touch this! No matter how much pomp and circumstance the NFL throws at the American people, they know they can't touch what baseball has. Give that to MLB.
August 4, 1956, fell on a Saturday. The final score was Detroit 5, New York 4 (go Tigers!). The winning pitcher was Aber, the losing pitcher was Don Larsen. The Yankees would go on to win the pennant, however, and Don Larsen would pitch perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Wow. This is really an historic film. Thanks for posting it.
Beautiful....absolutely beautiful...Thanks for sharing your treasures...I hope more people will share their old baseball/football films from those times. Makes one wonder how many of these films are in attics and other areas long forgotten. I heard the complete TV broadcast of game 7 of the 1960 world series was discovered in a Bing Cosby's vault and will be show in its entirety on the MLB network in December.
I got chills watching this video! Amazing but kind of sad that we'll never see another time like this in baseball or any sport for that matter. Watching the way Mantle ran around the bases with his head down and shaking hands with the Yankees after crossing home plate reminds me of a humbler America, a time when athletes truly were heroes.
Seeing this reminds me of my uncles all Italian/American and all WWII vets, they loved this country and they loved baseball. All Giants fans, and hated the Yankees. LOL! Thanks for sharing this footage, made me think of all my uncles.
Thanks for sharing, I'm sure this footage means a lot to you in family history as well as baseball history. During the time this was filimed New York had three baseball teams. My uncles were all Giants fans, and they hated the Yankees. They were very happy when the Mets were created. They just couldn't root for the Yankees when the Giants and Dodgers left. I"m a Yankee fan, a disapointment to the family. LOL! God Bless
i wish i was around during this time :( when baseball use to be the sport to crave, when it could be anybodys dream. I never seen a game at Tiger Stadium, but if i could have that chance, i would take that chance and treasure it always. If i ever become a professional ball player, i would go up to our opposing team and greet them with a smile and hope they have a great time playing.
This is an absolutely superb video, with a very moving musical background. It should be a family treasure. This was baseball's golden age, and Detroit when it was a great city. Very well done.
Thank you and your family very much dcap178. It's an honor and a pleasure. Nice touch with "The Natural" music. Game was played on my Dad's 18th birthday and, although a NY Giants baseball fan, I'm sure he'll enjoy this a lot. Thanks again.
I was 16 when this was taken and was lucky enough to see most of the Tigers in the 50's..I saw Mickey Mantle in Briggs Stadium with a excuse me swing batting left handed and it went over the wall in left field..Man if he haden't drank so much no telling what his numbers would have been..He said it right before he died "I blew it"..
I was born 118 days later, and went to my very first Tigers game vs the Yankees 7 years later, and I still remember that it was a night game.
This film brings back so many of my memories of good times with friends and family at Tiger Stadium with the organist playing as we looked for our seats, Thanks!!
This is the kind of film that when you see it, you put your elbows on the table and your chin in your hands and are just mesmerized by it. I wish now my dad had taken his 8mm camera to the Phillies games we went to at Connie Mack Stadium when I was a kid.
Warming up next to Yogi on the sideline was 20 yr. old Yanks bonus baby Tommy Carroll (#40) who just never quite made it. Was he the fellow that Casey said that "in ten years, he has a good chance to be 30"?
This was great! Thanks for posting. It's great that your father captured so many great moments during the game. It reminds me of the home movies my father used to take. I am sure there is some footage from Yankee stadium in the 60's, I will look for it.
It's funny how Mickey Mantle is almost embarrassed after hitting a homerun. Just trots to the dugout with his head low back to the dugout. Great old stuff. Was any of this footage used for the HBO series "When It Was A Game"? If not then they missed out on some nice vintage footage. Thanks. This goes into my Favorites.
I remember reading somewhere that Mick said he ," ... didn't want to appear to be showing up the pitcher...," It used to be called "Class"-(Going, going, gone....)
I am not a Yankees / Tigers fan, nor was I around when this was filmed, but this was absolutely beautiful, very exquisite to watch! I stumbled upon this looking at baseball videos on youtube and I am so glad I took the time to check it out, it was so magnificently done.
These seem like happier times in America. I would love to go back and visit the 1950s for a week and just enjoy being in a sweet and more innocent world.
Exquisite video. Thanks for bringing back those days. So many memories of Al Kaline at Briggs Stadium. He was my hero and someone who inspired me as a boy. Where are the Al Kalines today. We need them.
Coming back to this again and again...Yankee fans will recognize that 3rd base coach Frank Crosetti never shakes The Mick's hand as he rounds 3rd after his HR's, while the Detroit 3rd base coach(who?), shakes the 21 year old Mr. Kaline's hand. The "Old Cro" never shook anyone's hand, until I believe, when Mick hit his 500th...P.S., A little help here,-Who was the Tiger's 3rd base coach that day? Thanks...
Thanks for the info. Pardon me but a little personal memory..., my father, God bless him, a master carpenter, working all the time, like alot of dads, never seemed to sit down for long, but if he was walking by when The Mick came up to bat, he'd stand there and watch..., Mickey striking out was more exciting than most guys who hit a home run...
@dcap178 WAS THERE EVER A GREEN SO GREEN AS BRIGGS(TIGER) STADIUM WHEN YOU WALKED(RAN) UP THROUGH THE TUNNEL. STIRS ALOT OF GREAT MEMORIES. THANK YOU.
You are right ... there was no greener green that at briggs/tiger stadium. I was crushed when they did the "renovation" in the early 80s -- it was the beginning of the end.
@jextejt I was not happy with the "renovation" either. Our family left Detroit in 1971, however, and by the 1980's, Detroit had been ruined anyway, so, sadly, it did not make a whole lot of difference to me. It is appalling how a once great city can be totally destroyed from within. And, of course, we cannot say explicitly on Yahoo!, but we know the reason.
I was really at this game with my younger brother. Talk about bringing back very, very good memories. I will always remember going to the game early and going into left field so we could watch "Charlie Paw Paw Maxwell" catch fly balls behind his back in practice before the games. People may not remember, and some called me crazy, but I proved them wrong cause i remember,Al Kaline did play center field for a short time......thanks for the memories.
this is a brilliant piece of purity in the game...wow..seeing the mick up close..and a 21yr old Al Kaline???...priceless footage..absolutely priceless.
Thankyou. A beautiful dedication to your father and family wrapped within the sunshine of a baseball game played in a long ago country named America...
This film was extrodinary, it made me tear up. I was born in 1956, I'm from New York and I saw Mickey many times at the old stadium. (the real Yankee Stadium)
I agree with Natchue - your video really does belong in Cooperstown. The production has a nice flow that perfectly captures the nostalgia of a bygone era.
What a great video. How fortunate your family was to capture both of Mickey Mantle's home runs on film. Not to mention one of Kaline's. And to get a glimpse of Don Larsen in action just two months before he pitched his legendary perfect World Series game. Nice to know that the Baseball Hall of Fame accepted your family film for posterity. Congratulations.
Thank you for this. It made me think of a time when America was America. When BB players played for the love of the game. Not for millions of dollars. It also made me shed some tears knowing that we will never see a time like that ever again.
Yes, it's nice to look back and reflect on this era of baseball when guys like Mantle, Kaline, and Williams played. It's refreshing especially considering what has become of the game today with the money and the performance enhancing drugs. I was born too late, but I'm thankful for people like my grandfather who went out to the ballpark with camera in hand. It's a glimpse at the game when it was still a game.
18 days later I saw the Mick vs. Red Sox at Fenway. Mick hit a flyball to left that Ted Williams dropped. We booed the hell out of him. When the inning ended, Ted spit at all of us between 3rd base and left field. The Sox won, 1-0 when Ted walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th. He got a $5,000. fine, and the Boston papers started calling him the Splendid Spitter.
That day I got my 1st photo of the Mick, as he got on the team bus after the game. Healthy, he's #1.
Just a clarification: Mantle's 2nd home run (5:11) couldn't have been hit in the bottom of the 5th as the Yankees were the visiting team. So they must have been batting in the top of the inning.
What a game that must have been! Two homers by the Mick, Al Kaline hitting it out, Virgil Trucks, Bob Turley and Nelson pitching!
Thank you for this. As a kid my grandfather was a staff-electrician at tiger stadium and as a benefit of that we had season tickets near the tiger's batting circle....what a thrill it was. Watching your video I could hear the crack of the bat and could smell the grass....it was in a sense, a church for some of us and those golden-boys were the real deal. It's sad the building couldn't have been saved and now even Yankee Stadium will face the wrecking ball. The video is great-nice dedication too.
The notion that baseball was ever "a sport not a business" would have been comical to Charles Comiskey (a legendary skinflint), Harry Frazee (who wrecked a fine Boston team by selling the Babe and others to New York), Connie Mack (who also dismantled some great teams for money), the midcentury Yankee management (which heroically underpaid the team by using the promise of World Series bonuses in negotiations with the very players who would have to earn them), and countless other wheeler-dealers.
Wow!! I can't thank you enough for putting this up! I'm 35 and grew up in Detroit, and of course went down to the corner more than a few times. During the 80s there was talk of a new stadium (in the 80s the threat was a dome!). We'd (the fans) always protested 'But this is where Ruth, Cobb, DiMaggio and Greenberg played. We want our guys to play here too!'. We said it, but I never pictured it. Thanks for adding to my memories! Micky really gotta hold of that second one!
Band of Brothers theme Haunts me,being from Philly,I'm thinking of the 2 Wolld War II vets who were portrayed in that series, Bill Guanere and Babe Heffron. Our city just received its 2nd championship in 125 years,but both of them to Philadelphians might as well total 26 championships !! Thank you Chase ,Jimmy ,Ryan,Cole and the rest of you,a beautiful city will never forget !!
I feel like I just went to church. Thank you so much.
Mantle was the Triple Crown winner, Kaline the defending batting champ at 21. Injuries would soon take their toll on both, but you've brought both of them to us at that perfect moment when they had it all. It's precious.
oh man. was that not a great thing you did. i have been dying slowly this summer knowing my stadium is being removed. and you show this. wow you got class my friend. this is bookmarked and will be seen daily....
thank you. you got any more videos of the old park?
I can't remember the name of the third song, but the first song is the theme to the HBO WWII series, "Band of Brothers", second (started at 2:25) is from the stellar theme from the film "The Natural"
yes....Dances with Wolves being one of my all time favorites and a classic, the last arrangement was from that score.
This video footage is amazing and the editing was phenomenal. Thank you for sharing. (And finally, something on youtube that's wholesome unoffensive, and well worth the time spent watching.)
Thanks NHgirl1! Musical selection for this project was very important. It had to not only fit the emotion I was trying to convey, but also the time period. Editing this family film has been the most fun and rewarding project I've ever been a part of. I donated the original 8mm film to Cooperstown last summer. I'm happy to share this for the online community to enjoy.
When Detroit was a world-class city. Everything was nice and clean, and automobile production was at a peak. The current Tiger Stadium is just a ghost of its former glory, like the Tigers themselves who were favored to win the World Series this year.
Thank you so much for posting this, I'm a Yankee fan and I thought it was awesome.
WatchMeShred 3 days ago
I LOVE DETROIT SO MUCH!
MrJjfranklin2 6 days ago
I was born this day also . I can see that many heroics were performed that day , but among the greatest were performed by my mother as i was nearly ten pounds at birth . It's nice to know that Kaline had such a great day as he would later become my childhood favorite player . Super video !
Parsnipsohyeah 2 months ago
Mickey Mantle had the best home run trot in history. Never showing up the other team. Total class.
1776freedom 4 months ago
This was taken the day I was born!
dzeigfinge 4 months ago
wow mantle and kaline
xyz0312xyz 5 months ago
for baseballs golden age, this is one of the most greatest videos ive ever seen. thanks for posting this
TheLaughingComedian 5 months ago
This is a wonderful video. Thanks for sharing!
GrantSorensen 6 months ago
I sure miss those days of baseball.
dahur 6 months ago
Thanks for posting this..1956 was a magic summer for the yanks and Mickey..I can remember it like it was yesterda...GREAT VIDEO..thanks again
ukcatfan36 7 months ago
spectacular...
Kellykleinman 7 months ago
This is the coolest thing I have ever seen! Thanks.
jpwaldo6409 7 months ago
1956 - what a great year for baseball.
Thank you for sharing and doing such a great job in putting the music to the video.
kwhiker 8 months ago
I so enjoyed this video. The shots of Tiger Stadium bring back such wonderful memories. Thank you.
eddiehat1 8 months ago
Nice video, real nice. That would've been a great game t see, Mickey hitting two out and Al Kaline two also.
ronmahony 8 months ago
Sounds like Titanic music.
JohnnyStorm2007 8 months ago
Awesome video, thanks so much for sharing this!
greatlakes6 8 months ago
No hot-dogging in those days...
chichigord 8 months ago
great video love seeing the old days,,,nice thnks,
thebigpapixl 9 months ago
simply beautiful....i had tears in my eyes watching this........
DickPoleman 9 months ago
As we all know, a lot of these old ballparks have gone the way of the wrecking ball...Tiger Stadium, Yankee Stadium, The Polo Grounds, Ebbets Field, Crosley Field, Forbes Field, etc. It's nice to be able to look back at these movies. This is indeed a treasure! Nice personal touch!
August8th1969 9 months ago
Truly amazing footage. Thank you so much for sharing.
intothevoid1 10 months ago
Thank you for sharing this...... I'm a huge fan of that era in baseball.....Mickey was so larger than life..... What's amazing to me is I'm watching the Dodgers and Vin Scully right now and Vin was broadcasting that day also...... Wow
claytonjett20 10 months ago
thanks for posting this......its incredible.
KryptonSlim 10 months ago
Price-less footage! I was born in Dec 58, but I LOVE 50's baseball, I wish I could have been around then, keep the memories going,
kulditbeme 11 months ago
Thankyou for sharing that with everyone dcap178 although I'm a sox fan up till 65 mantle was my hero. my cousin from Ma. turned me but mantle is not forgotten.
He's my favorite yank of all time. Love these old clips. Thanks again.
merkinracing 11 months ago
Very nice! Reminded me of times going to Tiger Stadium with my dad in the 70s. Thank you for sharing this great piece of baseball history.
dajabro 11 months ago
thank you so much for sharing this priceless treasure. It gave me chills as I felt I was intruding in on a night your family gathered around to watch your home movies. Private images of a simpler time in history & baseball. Heroes I'd never had a chance to see. I'm gratefull for this oppertunity. Thank you.
edstac5 1 year ago
Thanks for this! Wow ...2 by Mantle AND Kaline! ( I saw my 1st game here in 1972!!)
SlimJimfrWpg 1 year ago
Great tribute to your father. Makes me think of the times I spent at Tiger Stadium as a child watching baseball with my father, grandfather, uncles, etc. in all types of weather. It's truly a blessing to have a loving and supportive family.
Dannymorisco 1 year ago
Almost everyone in this film clip have passed on... even the old stadium... so sad.
meterr 1 year ago
Many thanks for sharing this wonderful film. I was 15 years old when it was taken and, as a devout fan of The Mick, I remember it well. This was, of course, a different age, and a different game. But the memories are strong, and watching Mantle in his familiar home run jog - elbows up, like walking on eggs - took me back across the years to a simpler and gentler time. Well done, and thanks, again.
febnyc 1 year ago
This is an incredibly romantic film! I've just fallen in love with it. The music chosen, especially the theme from Band of Brothers, works great too. An this game was played just after I was born too!! As a Yankee / Mantle fan, it's great. Have you thought of contacting the Baseball Hall of Fame about either the vid or film. I bet your family enjoyed many nights behind the old 8mm projector watching this. Thanks!!
MegaMike2021 1 year ago
@MegaMike2021 The Theme is from Randy Newman's score for The Natural
TheNorthernpines 1 year ago
The Yankees and Tigers had a pretty good rivalry at one point
FRSFreeStatePlus 1 year ago
I wish I could have bee a fan during the 40's and 50's as this film captures what it must have been like. I just finished the new book about Mickey Mantle by Jane Levy and he lived a tragic life. Still, he was as exciting a ballplayer as any in baseball's history and again this film captures his myth and legend.
1jimbones 1 year ago
WOW ............. as a diehard tigers/kaline fan, now living on long island, i appreciate you sharing your memories.....baseball's just like that, isn't it? (for a yankee fan, you're a pretty good guy)........
wwk68tig 1 year ago
Detroit was once the most powerful industrial city in the world. Today there are 2 cities in Japan that were distroyed by the Atom bomb and are now rebuilt modern thriving cities.. Dont Buy Foreign Cars...GO TIGERS!!
brian05dl 1 year ago
Barry Bonds???? If Mantle would have had access to steroids and taken them like Barry Bonds did, he would have hit 100 home runs. Bonds was not as good as Mantle (look at the stats) before he began cheating.
bunting33 1 year ago
Football can't touch this! No matter how much pomp and circumstance the NFL throws at the American people, they know they can't touch what baseball has. Give that to MLB.
BOB404MC 1 year ago
Back when Detroit was a nice place..Mantle was a great player, and I know it's not popular but Barry Bonds was even better.
impassable 1 year ago
are there other web sites or people who have game footage like this??? for other games of the 50s or 60s
bunting33 1 year ago
August 4, 1956, fell on a Saturday. The final score was Detroit 5, New York 4 (go Tigers!). The winning pitcher was Aber, the losing pitcher was Don Larsen. The Yankees would go on to win the pennant, however, and Don Larsen would pitch perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Wow. This is really an historic film. Thanks for posting it.
mindspring57 1 year ago
The Detroit that once was, but which will never be again. Sad. Very sad.
mindspring57 1 year ago
This is absolutely amazing !! Outstanding !! I love it !! I got goosebumps watching this !!
stevoreno533 1 year ago
great images of the true American Game
downtownford 1 year ago
thanks man... the mick was my boyhood hero and is to this day.
issurchaim 1 year ago
Beautiful....absolutely beautiful...Thanks for sharing your treasures...I hope more people will share their old baseball/football films from those times. Makes one wonder how many of these films are in attics and other areas long forgotten. I heard the complete TV broadcast of game 7 of the 1960 world series was discovered in a Bing Cosby's vault and will be show in its entirety on the MLB network in December.
MrJammer90 1 year ago
I got chills watching this video! Amazing but kind of sad that we'll never see another time like this in baseball or any sport for that matter. Watching the way Mantle ran around the bases with his head down and shaking hands with the Yankees after crossing home plate reminds me of a humbler America, a time when athletes truly were heroes.
HummerAlphamale22 1 year ago
i wonder how much that camcorder was worth back then. especially a colored one
coolmusicforyou1 1 year ago
This was awesome, the year I was born too!
bjames1 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing. So sad knowing that the great Tiger Stadium is no more.
That was when baseball was played for the love of the game and loyalty meant something. Back when a kid knew every player. Thanks again.
iamzbacku 1 year ago 2
A video that shows Detroit when it was a wonderful, great city. Sadly, we will never see that again. That is why we have to preserve these memories.
mindspring57 1 year ago 5
This is amazing. It is truly a treasure. Thank you for posting this jewel.
corkbender 1 year ago
Wonderful video. Oh, how I miss old school baseball. What I wouldn't give to make the game today like it was in the 50s.
1400deadwood 1 year ago
This is Great Stuff! Tigers vs Yankees!! Kaline vs Mantle!! Best of all Tigers win!!
knuckleheadnoogy 1 year ago
Seeing this reminds me of my uncles all Italian/American and all WWII vets, they loved this country and they loved baseball. All Giants fans, and hated the Yankees. LOL! Thanks for sharing this footage, made me think of all my uncles.
louthebody 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing, I'm sure this footage means a lot to you in family history as well as baseball history. During the time this was filimed New York had three baseball teams. My uncles were all Giants fans, and they hated the Yankees. They were very happy when the Mets were created. They just couldn't root for the Yankees when the Giants and Dodgers left. I"m a Yankee fan, a disapointment to the family. LOL! God Bless
louthebody 1 year ago
Simply an amazing video. Thank you! I hope there will be more.
dnzg66 1 year ago 2
my Grandfather was a New York Giants Fan he always talked about Mel Ott and Carl Hubbell he also mentioned Hank Greenberg and Charlie Gehringer
Wehategod 1 year ago
August 4 is my birthday
sweetchildomine14 1 year ago
good footage. i like old time baseball
MultiRockstar34 1 year ago
i wish i was around during this time :( when baseball use to be the sport to crave, when it could be anybodys dream. I never seen a game at Tiger Stadium, but if i could have that chance, i would take that chance and treasure it always. If i ever become a professional ball player, i would go up to our opposing team and greet them with a smile and hope they have a great time playing.
DeedeeT3000 1 year ago
This is an absolutely superb video, with a very moving musical background. It should be a family treasure. This was baseball's golden age, and Detroit when it was a great city. Very well done.
jim53159 1 year ago 2
Watching this gave me the chills-makes my passion for baseball much more stronger..Thanks and nice video!!
Goofymb 1 year ago 2
Oh come ON....this was not a family film. No way...way too good.
unclebobunclebob 1 year ago
Thank you and your family very much dcap178. It's an honor and a pleasure. Nice touch with "The Natural" music. Game was played on my Dad's 18th birthday and, although a NY Giants baseball fan, I'm sure he'll enjoy this a lot. Thanks again.
kgmule 1 year ago
truely awesome
freakman99 1 year ago
Very nice job. Great music accompanying the video.
jameschar24 1 year ago 2
wow! Mantle during his greatest year ever! Thanks.
conewells 1 year ago 2
really moving.the music is perfect.
69down 1 year ago 2
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you.
steveho69 1 year ago 2
I was 16 when this was taken and was lucky enough to see most of the Tigers in the 50's..I saw Mickey Mantle in Briggs Stadium with a excuse me swing batting left handed and it went over the wall in left field..Man if he haden't drank so much no telling what his numbers would have been..He said it right before he died "I blew it"..
tiggs95 2 years ago 3
I was born 118 days later, and went to my very first Tigers game vs the Yankees 7 years later, and I still remember that it was a night game.
This film brings back so many of my memories of good times with friends and family at Tiger Stadium with the organist playing as we looked for our seats, Thanks!!
ph1sts 2 years ago
Thanks man this brought me back! My thoughts are of my Dad taking me to the Stadium to see MIckey! Thanks Dad! I'll love you forever!
KISS1975 2 years ago
I can't imagine a better tribute. This rare film mix with classy movie soundtrack music is a wonderful legacy.
MrCarlosBarrera 2 years ago
This is the kind of film that when you see it, you put your elbows on the table and your chin in your hands and are just mesmerized by it. I wish now my dad had taken his 8mm camera to the Phillies games we went to at Connie Mack Stadium when I was a kid.
Warming up next to Yogi on the sideline was 20 yr. old Yanks bonus baby Tommy Carroll (#40) who just never quite made it. Was he the fellow that Casey said that "in ten years, he has a good chance to be 30"?
dadoctor19 2 years ago 2
This was great! Thanks for posting. It's great that your father captured so many great moments during the game. It reminds me of the home movies my father used to take. I am sure there is some footage from Yankee stadium in the 60's, I will look for it.
abata15 2 years ago
very nicely done. thanks for sharing this family/baseball memory
duckNdubSound 2 years ago
That was fantastic!! Thank you.
zywa349 2 years ago
That was art.
Thank you for posting
Lennon4life1968 2 years ago 2
It's funny how Mickey Mantle is almost embarrassed after hitting a homerun. Just trots to the dugout with his head low back to the dugout. Great old stuff. Was any of this footage used for the HBO series "When It Was A Game"? If not then they missed out on some nice vintage footage. Thanks. This goes into my Favorites.
gawfboy 2 years ago 2
I remember reading somewhere that Mick said he ," ... didn't want to appear to be showing up the pitcher...," It used to be called "Class"-(Going, going, gone....)
thanksforthemusic 2 years ago 3
I am not a Yankees / Tigers fan, nor was I around when this was filmed, but this was absolutely beautiful, very exquisite to watch! I stumbled upon this looking at baseball videos on youtube and I am so glad I took the time to check it out, it was so magnificently done.
These seem like happier times in America. I would love to go back and visit the 1950s for a week and just enjoy being in a sweet and more innocent world.
fembotprincess 2 years ago
Good Times, the 50's!! I was born in 1957. This a Great all time film. Alphonse had Great fore sight for his family. God Bless
yzertime 2 years ago
Exquisite video. Thanks for bringing back those days. So many memories of Al Kaline at Briggs Stadium. He was my hero and someone who inspired me as a boy. Where are the Al Kalines today. We need them.
artkent 2 years ago
THis is frickin AMAZING! A major thanks for posting this for all of us to see.
Rightsideup 2 years ago
I'm mesmerized...thanks for sharing this! All of us in love with baseball living outside the US specially appreciate it.
sternaparadisea 2 years ago
This is fantastic...
nbtube 2 years ago
UNBELIEVEABLE! I just watched my dream! "The Mick" slugging on out in Detroit! THANKS FOR POSTING!
Dave23459 2 years ago
I've seen this before...pretty incredible footage!! Kaline was my favorite player; I was four years old when this was shot!!
Xena1661 2 years ago
Of all days to have taken this video, when Kaline & Mantle each hit 2 homers !
This video is kindof inspiring .
baseballeddie1177 2 years ago
Just Beautiful. When Baseball and everything in life was at its purest and most innocent.
yankeehawk04 2 years ago 4
@yankeehawk04 except the threat of nuclear war and an vicious racism
MoneyMaker4545 9 months ago
Wow....nice to see the innocence of the game..before big contracts and steroids...wonderful video.....thank you.
TalkfusionDave 2 years ago
Beautiful footage. Thank you for sharing it.
geraldman24 2 years ago
Thanks
usselliot76 2 years ago
Would you mind if I posted this on the Tiger Stadium group on Facebook?? This was put together perfectly
usselliot76 2 years ago 2
Yes please by all means, post it for the facebook group. Enjoy! Thank you for the compliment.
dcap178 2 years ago
god Kaline looks like a little boy. I wish it would be possible to show this to him.
mrnalbuphine 2 years ago 2
Wow...sure are a lot of white guys. Nice to see a young Al Kaline, and the old ballpark. Very moving; thanks for sharing this.
nocynic 2 years ago 2
Incredible - thanks for sharing. God bless you and your family...
brownnhlron 2 years ago
Coming back to this again and again...Yankee fans will recognize that 3rd base coach Frank Crosetti never shakes The Mick's hand as he rounds 3rd after his HR's, while the Detroit 3rd base coach(who?), shakes the 21 year old Mr. Kaline's hand. The "Old Cro" never shook anyone's hand, until I believe, when Mick hit his 500th...P.S., A little help here,-Who was the Tiger's 3rd base coach that day? Thanks...
thanksforthemusic 2 years ago
@thanksforthemusic According to Retroshet it was Billy Hitchcock.
sprocketman14 2 years ago
Thanks for the info. Pardon me but a little personal memory..., my father, God bless him, a master carpenter, working all the time, like alot of dads, never seemed to sit down for long, but if he was walking by when The Mick came up to bat, he'd stand there and watch..., Mickey striking out was more exciting than most guys who hit a home run...
thanksforthemusic 2 years ago
Amazing video. Thanks for posting.
GO TIGERS!!
justmusicandme 2 years ago
It was like returning to one's childhood. When I was young it was Tiger Stadium. It was fun seeing the sign say "Briggs Stadium."
Russell5653 2 years ago
That was fabulous, thanks!
geoabe302 2 years ago
WOW !!! Thank you.....
jimi55555 2 years ago
Just watched it again, and it's better than I remembered.
You did a great job. Wow.
LazlosPlane 2 years ago
as a life long Detroiter thank you!
ultra288 2 years ago
Back when the game was pure and really America's past time. Great video..thanks for sharing
texintenn 2 years ago 7
Great, just frickin great!!
leahcimber 2 years ago
This is great. TY for sharing. Here is a box score of the game (remove the spaces). ht tp://w ww. retrosheet. org/boxesetc/1956/B08040DET1956. htm
shimerian 2 years ago 2
Thanks shimerian!
dcap178 2 years ago
@dcap178 WAS THERE EVER A GREEN SO GREEN AS BRIGGS(TIGER) STADIUM WHEN YOU WALKED(RAN) UP THROUGH THE TUNNEL. STIRS ALOT OF GREAT MEMORIES. THANK YOU.
DAVEYJERRIS 1 year ago 3
You are right ... there was no greener green that at briggs/tiger stadium. I was crushed when they did the "renovation" in the early 80s -- it was the beginning of the end.
jextejt 1 year ago
@jextejt I was not happy with the "renovation" either. Our family left Detroit in 1971, however, and by the 1980's, Detroit had been ruined anyway, so, sadly, it did not make a whole lot of difference to me. It is appalling how a once great city can be totally destroyed from within. And, of course, we cannot say explicitly on Yahoo!, but we know the reason.
mindspring57 1 year ago
WHy tear down Tiger stadium??? Great footage!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!!!!
aufer21 2 years ago 2
It's like we are peeking through a hole and getting a glimpse of the past. Remarkable film.
PADREJOHN 2 years ago 2
i was at this game. lol
screamsoftheundead1 2 years ago
Very cool video, finally something great on YouTube. I like the "green look" Briggs/Tiger Stadium, what a classic.
GriffsFanChris 2 years ago
Awesome vid. You saw Mantle in his triple crown year. Awesome.
LazlosPlane 2 years ago 3
Holy Chit...........HONEST ENGINE.......
I was really at this game with my younger brother. Talk about bringing back very, very good memories. I will always remember going to the game early and going into left field so we could watch "Charlie Paw Paw Maxwell" catch fly balls behind his back in practice before the games. People may not remember, and some called me crazy, but I proved them wrong cause i remember,Al Kaline did play center field for a short time......thanks for the memories.
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Bravo man. Really cool. Im not a big base ball fan but my dad is and he loved the video
traingunner 2 years ago
Bravo, great video, I grew up with stories of Virgil Trucks. The video is no doubt priceless to a fan, but to the family even far more priceless.
AaronWhitehouse0077 2 years ago
this is a brilliant piece of purity in the game...wow..seeing the mick up close..and a 21yr old Al Kaline???...priceless footage..absolutely priceless.
leshager 2 years ago 7
im cuban and i love old baseball. this is priceless. oh hell yes.
ilmhams 2 years ago
Tremendous! Great game! Thanks for sharing!
pgrabar 2 years ago 3
Thankyou. A beautiful dedication to your father and family wrapped within the sunshine of a baseball game played in a long ago country named America...
thanksforthemusic 2 years ago 3
Magnificent!
l11432 2 years ago 3
Great footage. Thanks.
odaimhin 2 years ago 2
This is fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
GBev2K 2 years ago 2
This film was extrodinary, it made me tear up. I was born in 1956, I'm from New York and I saw Mickey many times at the old stadium. (the real Yankee Stadium)
yankeecap1 3 years ago 3
You really should submit this to the website of the HOF or something, it is awesome
yankees46 3 years ago 4
I donated the original 8mm footage to the HOF last summer. They also have a copy of this edited video, so we'll see if/how they might use it. Thanks!
dcap178 2 years ago
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traingunner 2 years ago
I agree with Natchue - your video really does belong in Cooperstown. The production has a nice flow that perfectly captures the nostalgia of a bygone era.
TubeNumber1 3 years ago 3
Absolutley Brilliant ! this should be in Cooperstown !
natchue 3 years ago 2
What a great video. How fortunate your family was to capture both of Mickey Mantle's home runs on film. Not to mention one of Kaline's. And to get a glimpse of Don Larsen in action just two months before he pitched his legendary perfect World Series game. Nice to know that the Baseball Hall of Fame accepted your family film for posterity. Congratulations.
sarniatownreggae 3 years ago
Thank you for this. It made me think of a time when America was America. When BB players played for the love of the game. Not for millions of dollars. It also made me shed some tears knowing that we will never see a time like that ever again.
vibra64 3 years ago 4
Yes, it's nice to look back and reflect on this era of baseball when guys like Mantle, Kaline, and Williams played. It's refreshing especially considering what has become of the game today with the money and the performance enhancing drugs. I was born too late, but I'm thankful for people like my grandfather who went out to the ballpark with camera in hand. It's a glimpse at the game when it was still a game.
dcap178 3 years ago
Best video.
18 days later I saw the Mick vs. Red Sox at Fenway. Mick hit a flyball to left that Ted Williams dropped. We booed the hell out of him. When the inning ended, Ted spit at all of us between 3rd base and left field. The Sox won, 1-0 when Ted walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th. He got a $5,000. fine, and the Boston papers started calling him the Splendid Spitter.
That day I got my 1st photo of the Mick, as he got on the team bus after the game. Healthy, he's #1.
mickeycharlesm 3 years ago 2
Cool story, thanks for sharing.
dcap178 3 years ago
I mean, two homers from BOTH Mantle and Kaline in the same game! Classic!
Milordvega 3 years ago 3
And you even put in music from THE NATURAL!
Just a clarification: Mantle's 2nd home run (5:11) couldn't have been hit in the bottom of the 5th as the Yankees were the visiting team. So they must have been batting in the top of the inning.
What a game that must have been! Two homers by the Mick, Al Kaline hitting it out, Virgil Trucks, Bob Turley and Nelson pitching!
Thanks for sharing.
Milordvega 3 years ago
This ABSOLUTELY rocks.
You're great, man.
Thanks for putting this up!
Milordvega 3 years ago
A treasure indeed. Thank you for posting this.
GasHouseGangScout 3 years ago
Thank you for this. As a kid my grandfather was a staff-electrician at tiger stadium and as a benefit of that we had season tickets near the tiger's batting circle....what a thrill it was. Watching your video I could hear the crack of the bat and could smell the grass....it was in a sense, a church for some of us and those golden-boys were the real deal. It's sad the building couldn't have been saved and now even Yankee Stadium will face the wrecking ball. The video is great-nice dedication too.
sitedev1110 3 years ago 4
this is the baseball that i loved as a kid. when it was a sport not a business. could you imagine what some of these players would be worth today?
cramcivopop 3 years ago
The notion that baseball was ever "a sport not a business" would have been comical to Charles Comiskey (a legendary skinflint), Harry Frazee (who wrecked a fine Boston team by selling the Babe and others to New York), Connie Mack (who also dismantled some great teams for money), the midcentury Yankee management (which heroically underpaid the team by using the promise of World Series bonuses in negotiations with the very players who would have to earn them), and countless other wheeler-dealers.
cmazzara 3 years ago
Wow!! I can't thank you enough for putting this up! I'm 35 and grew up in Detroit, and of course went down to the corner more than a few times. During the 80s there was talk of a new stadium (in the 80s the threat was a dome!). We'd (the fans) always protested 'But this is where Ruth, Cobb, DiMaggio and Greenberg played. We want our guys to play here too!'. We said it, but I never pictured it. Thanks for adding to my memories! Micky really gotta hold of that second one!
PiquetBT52 3 years ago
Band of Brothers theme Haunts me,being from Philly,I'm thinking of the 2 Wolld War II vets who were portrayed in that series, Bill Guanere and Babe Heffron. Our city just received its 2nd championship in 125 years,but both of them to Philadelphians might as well total 26 championships !! Thank you Chase ,Jimmy ,Ryan,Cole and the rest of you,a beautiful city will never forget !!
MFIORE7511 3 years ago
Billy Crystal said it best. "If you're going to build a baseball player from scratch, forget it just give me that guy."
Wonderful video.
satchmoradio 3 years ago 2
I feel like I just went to church. Thank you so much.
Mantle was the Triple Crown winner, Kaline the defending batting champ at 21. Injuries would soon take their toll on both, but you've brought both of them to us at that perfect moment when they had it all. It's precious.
CrankyOldster 3 years ago 6
unbelievable
FreshPrinceee12 3 years ago
excellent...followed the 68 tigers from philly when i was a kid!!!!
russphilly 3 years ago
I played for the '68 Tigers, in the Egg Harbor Township Little League. We were horrible, but it was fun of course.
that1guy0 3 years ago
Beautifully done and quietly moving, dcap. Thank you very much for letting the world see it.
speedy45rpm 3 years ago
WONDERFUL -- and LOVE the music. Great job!!
And congrats on the film being accepted by Cooperstown.
Thank you for posting this.
larchmontmark 3 years ago
Thank you for your kind words.
dcap178 3 years ago
oh man. was that not a great thing you did. i have been dying slowly this summer knowing my stadium is being removed. and you show this. wow you got class my friend. this is bookmarked and will be seen daily....
thank you. you got any more videos of the old park?
cougar331 3 years ago
What songs are these I want to download them
And this is sick footage
yankees46 3 years ago
I can't remember the name of the third song, but the first song is the theme to the HBO WWII series, "Band of Brothers", second (started at 2:25) is from the stellar theme from the film "The Natural"
NPRMc 3 years ago
I believe the third song is from "Dances with Wolves"....this footage is wonderful...thanks for posting.
nycgrneys 3 years ago
yes....Dances with Wolves being one of my all time favorites and a classic, the last arrangement was from that score.
This video footage is amazing and the editing was phenomenal. Thank you for sharing. (And finally, something on youtube that's wholesome unoffensive, and well worth the time spent watching.)
NHgirl1 2 years ago 3
Thanks NHgirl1! Musical selection for this project was very important. It had to not only fit the emotion I was trying to convey, but also the time period. Editing this family film has been the most fun and rewarding project I've ever been a part of. I donated the original 8mm film to Cooperstown last summer. I'm happy to share this for the online community to enjoy.
dcap178 2 years ago
I donated the original 8mm film to Cooperstown last summer. They also have a copy of this edited version. Thanks!
dcap178 2 years ago
Beautiful.
Urban58 3 years ago
Great job Thanks alot!
holmeed 3 years ago
When Detroit was a world-class city. Everything was nice and clean, and automobile production was at a peak. The current Tiger Stadium is just a ghost of its former glory, like the Tigers themselves who were favored to win the World Series this year.