Baseball fans: Yankees vs. Tigers, 8/4/56 (home movie footage)

[guy incognito]

This is very cool. Somebody shot some color footage of a family trip to Detroit's old Briggs Stadium, complete with great action shots of Mickey Mantle, Al Kaline, pitchers Don Larson and Virgil Trucks, etc.

Ah, the good old days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wIyhY0u4kM

[slinkyfarm]

Heck of a game to be at, too. Good find.

I think it's cool to see Yogi reach on an error for once instead of the end of the perfect game for the 100th time.

[Steve-oh]

Cool find! Thanks for posting.

[CusBlues]

Very cool footage. I've been to Comerica many times but I never went to Tiger/Briggs stadium. That was the Mick's best year I think. It was really a golden age for baseball.

[musicfan37]

Thanks for sharing this.

[detroit muscle]

I saw Mickey play in Tiger Stadium in 1968 - it was the first game I went to.