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New York Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle connects with relief hurler Russ Meyer's first pitch in the third inning to smash a homer into the left center field stands with bases loaded. Roy Campanella is the Brooklyn Dodgers catcher. Mickey's grand slammer was only the fourth such blow in World Series history. It came in the fifth 1953 World Series tilt, won by the Yankees at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, 11-7, October 4, 1953. Yankees now lead in the Series three games to two. (AP Photo) ( YANKEES DODGERS MANTLE HOMER )

Brooklyn Dodgers' first baseman Gil Hodges is loaded down with bats and other equipment as he takes his last look at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 6, 1953, after losing to the Yankees in the World Series. (AP Photo/Jack Harris) ( Dodgers Hodges 1953 )

This headline is how the Brooklyn Eagle reacted to the 1953 World Series, game by game, Oct. 6, 1953. The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, four games to two. The Dodgers won Games 3 and 4. (AP Photo) ( Subway Series Bklyn Eagle Reacts 1953 )

Dodger players rush to congratulate Carl Erskine, fourth from right, after he completed a very brilliant pitching job against the Yankees in the third game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y., on October 2, 1953. Erskine held the Yankees to six hits, struck out 14 for an all-time series record, and won the game 3-2. Dodgers are, from left to right: George Shuba, Joe Black (49), Erv Palica, Don Zimmer (9), coach Cookie Lavagetto, background, Dick Williams, Erskine, Preacher Roe, Wayne Belardi, Bill Antonello, bat boy, Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson, rear, and Pee Wee Reese. (AP Photo) ( WORLD SERIES DODGERS )

Phil Rizzuto lays one on Billy Martin to celebrate the New York Yankees' fifth consecutive world championship after beating the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1953 World Series. (AP Photo) ( WORLD SERIES RIZZUTO MARTIN )

This is an aerial view of New York's Yankee Stadium, shown Sept. 30, 1953, as the Yanks beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 9-5, in the 1953 World Series. (AP Photo) ( Yankee Stadium 1953 )

Billy Martin, New York Yankee second baseman and hero of the World Series, proved to be a versatile chap off the baseball diamond, too, on his arrival in Honolulu, Oct. 15, 1953 with the Ed Lopat All-Stars. Assisting Billy in the Hula dance are, left to right, Beatrice Kalaiwaa, Bernie Ah Nee, Nalei Ah Nee and Mae Bimes. (AP Photo) ( Billy Martin )

Al Schacht, left, demonstrates how Billy Martin, seated, made a game-saving catch in the last fall's World Series, March 3, 1953, at the Yankees' spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida. Manager Casey Stengel and baseball commissioner Ford Frick look on. (AP Photo/Harry Harris) ( YANKEES SPRING TRAINING 1953 )

Left-handed hurler Bob Kuzava is flanked by Mickey Mantle, left, and Gene Woodling in the New York Yankees locker room after their 4-2 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the seventh and final game of the World Series at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 7, 1952. Kuzava was relief pitcher in the seventh inning. Mantle homered in the 6th inning and Woodling in the 5th inning. (AP Photo) ( WORLD SERIES YANKEES DODGERS )

Brooklyn Dodgers center fielder Duke Snider smiles as he holds four bats, one for each homer hit in current World Series against the New York Yankees, in the clubhouse at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, N.Y., after game six on Oct. 6, 1952. Snider accounted for both Dodger runs with round trippers as Yankees won, 3-2. Snider's two homers today enabled him to tie record set by Babe Ruth in 1926 and tied by Lou Gehrig in 1928. (AP Photo) ( World Series DodgersSnider )

An early arrival, and an ardent fan was singer Sophie Tucker as she whooped and yelled at the third game of the World Series at the Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 4, 1952. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi) ( Tucker World Series Baseball )

Yankee first baseman Johnny Mize is greeted with handshake by Yogi Berra (8) as he toes plate on fourth inning homer in fourth game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, New York, Oct. 4, 1952. It was Mizes second four-bagger of the series. Yankee batboy waits to greet big John as Dodger catcher Roy Campanella gets a new ball from plate umpire Bill Mckinley. Yanks won, 2 to 0, and evened series at 2-2. (AP Photo) ( Johnny Mize, Yogi Berra and Roy Campanella )

Sen. Richard Nixon, GOP Vice Presidential candidate, has a smile and a handshake for Brooklyn Dodgers hurler Carl Erskine after his eleven-inning, 6-5 win over the Yankees in the fifth World Series game at Yankee Stadium in New York City, October 5, 1952. Carl, loser in the second game of the series, October 2, gave the Yanks only five hits as the Dodgers took a 3-2 lead in games. Sen. Nixon witnessed the game from a box seat behind the Brooklyn dugout. (AP Photo) ( SEN. NIXON DODGERS ERSKINE )

Brooklyn Dodgers players Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, and Preacher Roe, left to right, are a happy trio in the clubhouse after the Dodgers beat the New York Yankees, 5-3, in the third game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium in New York City on October 3, 1952. Roe pitched six-hit ball in the contest. (AP Photo) ( WORLD SERIES DODGERS YANKEES )

Fans take in Game 3 of the World Series between the Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Yankee Stadium bleachers, October 3, 1952. Announced attendance was 66,698. ?Dem Bums from Brooklyn won the game 5-3, but the Yanks came back to win the series in seven games. This was the fourth World Series meeting between the two clubs, with the Dodgers still trying to break through. (AP Photo) ( World Series Dodgers Yankees )

This is a general view of World Series action between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees at the Polo Grounds, New York City, Oct. 9, 1951. The Yankees won the 1951 World Series in 4 games. (AP Photo/Tom Fitzsimmons) ( WORLD SERIES NY GIANTS YANKEES )

New York Yankees' second baseman Gil McDougald, right, is welcomed by teammates as they pour from the dugout after Gil's third inning grand slam homer in the fifth game of the World Series against the New York Giants at New York's Polo Grounds, Oct. 9, 1951. The Yanks went on to win, 13-1. (AP Photo) ( World Series Yankees Giants 1951 )

New York Yankees' second baseman Billy Martin is seen, June 30, 1951. (AP Photo) ( Yankees Martin 1951 )

Monte Irvin, New York Giants' left fielder, slides home in the first inning of the World Series opener at Yankee Stadium, New York, Oct. 4, 1951, as he makes the first home plate steal in a World Series game in 30 years. Yankees catcher Yogi Berra steps up to the plate with the ball in vain while batter Bobby Thomson falls away from the plate. (AP Photo) ( Subway Series Brooklyn Dodgers NY Giants 1951 )

New York Yankees right fileder Hank Bauer, center, is kissed by shortstop Phil Rizzuto, left, and catcher Yogi Berra in the dressing room after winning the sixth and deciding game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium in New York City, Oct. 10, 1951. Bauer's bases-loaded triple in the sixth inning gave the Yankees a 4-3 win over the New York Giants. Bauer also made the game-ending catch of pinch-hitter Sal Yvar's low line drive with the Giants' tying run on base. (AP Photo) ( WORLD SERIES GIANTS YANKEES WIN )

In this Oct. 6, 1950, file photo, Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Granny Hamner is tagged at the plate by New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra as he tries to score from third in the ninth inning of Game 3 of the World Series, at Yankee Stadium in New York. The umpire is Dusty Boggess. The Yankees won 3-2. Game 1 of the 2009 World Series is scheduled for Wednesday Oct. 28 in New York. (AP Photo/File) ( World Series 1950 Phillies Yankees )

New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra tags the sliding Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Granny Hamner for an out at home plate and second half of double play in 4th inning in the fourth and final World Series game at Yankee Stadium in New York City, Oct. 7, 1950. Yankees won, 5-2, to retain World Series Championship, four games to none. Umpire is Charley Berry. (AP Photo) ( WORLD SERIES PHILLIES YANKEES )

This is an Oct. 5, 1950, file photo showing Joe DiMaggio, flanked by teammates after the Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in Game 2 of the World Series, in Philadelphia. DiMaggio homered in the 10th inning to win the game. Left to right: Allie Reynolds, Bobby Brown; DiMaggio, Gene Woodling, and Gerry Coleman. Game 1 of the 2009 World Series is scheduled for Wednesday Oct. 28 in New York. (AP Photo/File) ( World Series 1950 Revisited Baseball )

New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel, second from left, foreground, reaches out to congratulate relief pitcher Joe Page, center, while fellow Yankees mob the lefthander after the final out, in the World Series with the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, October 9, 1949. The Yankees capture the 12th championship with a 10 to 6 victory in game five. Left to right are: Yankees coach Jim Turner; Billy Johnson; Stengel; a clubhouse attendant; Clarence Marshall (behind attendant); Page; Gerry Coleman (behind Page); Johhny Mize (36); Johnny Lindell (behind Mize); and a clubhouse attendant. In foreground right is coach Bill Dickey. (AP Photo) ( YANKEES WIN WORLD SERIES )

Joe DiMaggio at bat in the ninth inning of the fourth game of the 1949 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers, October 7, 1949. The Yanks took the game 6-4 and eventually won the Series, 4 games to 1. DiMaggio batted a very sub-par .111 for the Series. (AP Photo) ( DIMAGGIO BATS IN THE NINTH )

Brooklyn Dodgers hurler Don Newcombe, center, is shown in action in the first game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, Oct. 5, 1949, New York. Newcombes hurling kept the Yankee Hitters in check for eight Innings, but in the ninth inning, with the score deadlocked at 0 to 0, Tommy Henrich, Yankees First baseman, caught one of Newcombes pitches and deposited the ball into the right field stands for a game winning, tie-breaking homer. (AP Photo) ( Dodgers vs Yankees World Series 1949 )

Tommy Henrich, left, New York Yankees first baseman, and pitcher Allie Reynolds share the role of hero in the Yankees dressing room at Yankee Stadium in New York City on Oct. 5, 1949. The Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in the first game of the 1949 World Series. Reynolds pitched a two-hit, shout-out ball game against the Dodgers, while Henrich delivered a ninth inning homerun that gave the Yankees a 1-0 win. (AP Photo/Tom Fitzsimmons) ( World Series Dodgers Yankees )