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Three early 1950’s Yankee films, two of them narrated by Yankee broadcaster Mel Allen, are now available on a new 90-minute DVD! “Play Ball with The Yankees”, released by the Yankees in 1950, shows “Connie Mack Day” with Mack riding and waving in a New York ticker tape parade on his way to the Stadium for 1949 Old Timer’s Day. Invited back to honor Connie are Home Run Baker, Wally Pipp, Bob Meusel, Ben Chapman, Joe Sewell, Tom Zachary, Whitey Witt, Waite Hoyt, Bill Dickey, Lefty Gomez, and former Yankee great G.M. Ed Barrow. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are shown during their Yankee playing days, and included is coverage of Joe DiMaggio Day, also in 1949. At the Yankee Winter Baseball School at Phoenix, you’ll see former Yankee instructors Bill Skiff, Frank Crosetti, Jim Turner, Bill Dickey, and Johnny Neun. Then film from spring training at Miller Huggins Field, St. Pete shows Casey Stengel with Whitey Ford, Phil Rizzuto working with young Gerry Coleman on bunting, plus Allie Reynolds, Billy Johnson, and Jackie Jensen. Opening Day 1950 shows flag raising in centerfield and 1949 World Series ring presentations (Bobby Brown, Coleman, Cliff Mapes, Yogi Berra, Ed Lopat, and DiMaggio). Finally comes a recap of both the ’49 A.L. Pennant race and series highlights from both 1949 and 1950!

September 22, 1954 – New York Yankee “Game of The Week” vs. Washington Senators. You’ll see nearly every at-bat of the game, Tommy Byrne vs. Mickey McDermott. This B&W half-hour film is a must for all Yankee and Senator fans who remember their heroes of 70 years ago! The Yankee lineup of that day is well-known, but Washington followers will delight in seeing their favorites again also, challenging the Yankees at the most famous ballpark in baseball, OLD Yankee Stadium! Rather than a play-by-play account of every pitch with live sound, this film shows almost every play of the game and is narrated by one of the well-known sports voices of the day, Ed Thorgersen (remember, NO complete regular-season game TV broadcasts exist prior to 1969). This game features some great views of Yogi Berra in the on-deck circle, a little-known Senator named Roy Dietzel playing in one of the only nine major league games he ever appeared in, and most historic of all, the first triple play in Yankee Stadium history!

“Winning With the Yankees” is not only a look at the 1956 team in action, but also has beautiful color scenes of the 1956 World Series! See both close-up and action shots of the players of the ’56 club, including Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Bill Skowron, Gil McDougald, Jerry Coleman, Bob Turley, Joe Collins, Tommy Byrne, Hank Bauer, Phil Rizzuto, Elston Howard, and many others. Beginning with spring training at St. Petersburg, manager Casey Stengel is shown along with Yankee coaches Frank Crosetti, Jim Turner, and Bill Dickey teaching baseball fundamentals. You’ll be behind the scenes as color cameras take you inside Yankee Stadium and a look inside the Yankee clubhouse, including Stengel’s office. Shown are the five monuments in centerfield and flashbacks of the great Yankees of the past, including Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. The emphasis is on the great Yankee winning tradition as brief highlights of Yankee World Series wins of 1949 through 1953 are shown in black & white. Some rare clips of Joe DiMaggio Day at the Stadium in 1949 are also included as well as Stengel hoisting the 1953 World Championship flag on Opening Day, 1954.

The Yankees invented Old Timers Day and color close-up shots show some of the greatest players in baseball history back for another reunion in 1955-1956: Al Simmons, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Cochran, Lefty Grove, Bill Terry, Frankie Frisch, Charlie Gehringer, Paul Waner, “Home Run Baker”, Ray Schalk, Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Bill Dickey, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Joe McCarthy, Red Rolph, Charlie Keller, Red Ruffing, and Lefty Gomez. You’ll see stars on other teams as well, as the Tigers, Indians, Athletics, and White Sox furnish opposition for the Yankees during the regular season. Toward the end of the film is shown the pennant-clinching game of the ’56 season at Fenway Park, as Whitey Ford nails down a 3-2 win over the Red Sox under the lights.

Full-color highlights of the 1956 World Series, games three through seven climax the video: Enos Slaughter’s three-run homer in game 3, and Mantle and Bauer both shown blasting out round-trippers the next day in game 4 as Tom Sturdivant 6-hits Brooklyn at the Stadium. In never-to-be-forgotten game 5, Don Larsen is shown during his perfect game and Mantle’s winning homer is shown. Action resumes at Ebbets Field in game six as Turley and Clem Labine duel in a scoreless game for nine innings before Brooklyn wins in ten. All the highlights from game 7 are shown: Berra’s homer to start the romp off Dodger starter Don Newcombe, Howard’s blast in the fourth inning, and finally Bill Skowron’s grand slam that wrapped up the series. The jubilant Yankees are shown in the visiting Ebbets Field clubhouse: Berra, Ford, Larsen, Turley, 7th game winning pitcher Johnny Kucks, Casey Stengel with reporters, and Bill Skowron with his foot-long cigar! This is vintage COLOR footage of Yankee Stadium, and this rare film of the 1956 team is truly a must for all Yankee fans!

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