50 Years Ago Today

1960 World Series Game 7 - Yankees and Pirates - Bill Mazeroski steps to the box.

A few quick notes.  The #21 you see in the crowd at home plate is Roberto Clemente.  Also, the left fielder who watches the ball sail over him is Yogi Berra.  He occasionally played in the outfield.  As a player, Berra played in 14 world series and won ten of them.  As a manager, he appeared in two more but lost both in the seventh game.

• Game Box Score

• Game Seven: Maz Homer in 9th Wins, 10-9

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Video:  Bobby Thompson -- The Shot Heard 'Round the World

• "The Giants win the pennant.  The Giants win the pennant."

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50 years later, Maz & Bucs relive historic win

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/13/1871946/50-years-later-maz-bucs-relive.html#ixzz12IPgxoN1

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Odds 'n' Ends

# To earn the money for his first baseball glove, Mazeroski dug an outhouse for his Uncle Og, who would later coach him in semipro ball.

# Mazeroski gained more fame for his basketball skills than his baseball talent at Warren Consolidated High School in Tiltonsville, Ohio.

# Mazeroski's wife, the former Milene Nicholson, was an employee in the Pirates front office when they were introduced to each other by manager Danny Murtaugh.

# Murtaugh vetoed a proposed trade that would have sent Mazeroski to Kansas City after the 1958 season. The player the Pirates would have received? Roger Maris.

http://espn.go.com/classic/s/add_Mazeroski_Bill.html

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