Houston Astrodome... Did You Know???

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Did You Know...

This is a pretty neat baseball stat

I heard on the radio the other day.

Do you know who hit the very first

homerun in the Houston Astrodome???

Go ahead... take a guess.

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It was The Mick!

It was Mickey Mantle

He did it during an exhibition game between

the New York Yankees and the Houston Astro's. It was April 9, 1965

and the pitcher was Turk Farrell.

Here's the footage from that day

Here's the radio call from that day