Baseball Memories

Hardball and history go together like hot dogs and mustard, which is why Parade has been covering baseball—the sport, the personalities, the controversies— since 1942. Here are some of our all-star cover stories. Go to Parade.com/baseball for more vintage covers from the Parade vault.

JUST IN TIME FOR THIS YEAR’S 118TH WORLD SERIES, PARADE CELEBRATES AMERICA’S FAVORITE PASTIME WITH A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE.

MARCH 14, 1954

“[Casey Stengel] crooked an angry finger at Mantle . . .” According to our preseason coverage that year, the Yanks’ immortal manager called the Mick on the carpet for blowing gum bubbles in the outfield. Another Stengel hot take on Mickey: “He should win the triple batting crown every year. In fact, he should do anything he wants to do.” (Except blow bubbles in center field.)