On this day in Yankee history...
1934: Babe Ruth announces that this year will be his final season as a player. He says he will seek a managerial role and will pinch-hit, but will then go back on his decision to play briefly with the Boston Braves in 1935.
1935: George Selkirk drives in eight runs, one short of Jimmie Foxx's AL record, with two home runs and a single in an 18-7 Yankee drubbing of the A's.
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1957: Mickey Mantle blasts a 460-foot homer to become the first player to clear the center-field hedge at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore as the Yankees beat the Orioles 6-3.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1957/B08100BAL1957.htm
1977: Billy Martin installs Reggie Jackson as the Yankees' regular clean-up hitter. The Yanks beat the A's 6-3, as Ron Guidry outpitches Vida Blue. Graig Nettles belts his 26th homer of the season. New York will win 40 of its final 53 games on the way to a World Series title, with Jackson contributing 13 home runs and 49 RBIs.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B08100NYA1977.htm
1986: The Yankees hold Billy Martin Day at the Stadium Day and retire uniform number 1 to honour their scrappy second baseman and four-time manager.
1995: Catcher Mike Stanley hits three homers and drives in seven runs, but it's not enough to prevent the Yankees from losing to the Indians 10-9.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1995/B08101NYA1995.htm
2005: After being released from the hospital, an 18-year-old fan appears in court to face criminal charges of trespassing, reckless endangerment, and criminal mischief stemming from his 40-foot plunge last night from the upper deck of Yankee Stadium into the netting behind home plate. George Steinbrenner called the incident "... the only exciting thing that happened today," after his struggling club lost to the first-place White Sox.
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