On this day in Yankee history...
1926: Babe Ruth hits three home runs to lead the Yankees to 10-5 victory over the Cradinals in Game 4 of the World Series. His 1st-inning curtain-raiser is a majestic 395-footer, exiting Sportsman's Park over its right field bleacher roof. Home run number 2 clears the roof in right center, carrying 515 feet, breaking a window on the other side of Grand Avenue. Ruth's final foray, however, is the main attraction, carrying deep into the never-before reached centerfield bleachers , far beyond the 430-foot mark. Estimated at 530 feet, it is deemed the longest home run in World Series history. Ruth, however, not content to dominate offensively, also delivers a crucial outfield assist, cutting down a runner at the plate, ending the Cardinals' 3rd-inning rally. In the words of broadcaster Graham McNamee, "Babe Ruth nor no other man ever made a better throw. Babe shot it like an arrow and Hank Severeid did not have to move for it." If all this weren't enough, this also is the game during which the Babe makes good on his alleged pre-game promise to hit a home run for the bedridden young Johnny Sylvester.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1926/B10060SLN1926.htm
1960: Giddy following their team's Game 1 win over the heavily favoured Yankees, Pirate fans are in for a brutal reality check, as the Big Apple Goliath walks over Pittsburgh's David 16-3 to even the World Series at one all. This utterly uncontested affair is little more than batting practice for the Bombers, highlighted by two tremendous opposite field blasts by Mickey Mantle, the latter of which, measured at 478 feet, proves historic ~ the first time within memory that any right-handed batter has hit a ball out of Forbes Field to the right of dead center.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1960/B10060PIT1960.htm
1985: Phil Niekro becomes the 18th 300-game winner in ML history as he blanks the Blue Jays 8-0 on the last day of the season. At age 46, the Yankee knuckleballer also becomes the oldest pitcher to throw a shutout in the majors; he will eventually be passed by Jamie Moyer in 2010.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/B10060TOR1985.htm
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