I cut school to watch this game and as a Yankee fan, I was devastated.
Posted on 10/13/2017 12:43:33 PM PDT by doosee
Perhaps the greatest World Series game of all time. No DH, no batting gloves, no helmets. Just pure baseball. Today marks the anniversary. David vs Goliath is a valid comparison. Worth watching as this is the only recorded film. Bing Crosby, who was part owner of the Bucs, had this recorded privately and it was found after his death in storage.
Shows how much the season has extended. In 1960, game 7 of the World Series was October 13th. This year, game 7 will be on November 1st, if the World Series goes the full 7 games.
The baseball playoffs go for an entire month nowadays. There are rumors that the wild card could go to a 2 out of 3 series, instead of a single game, and that the division series, which are now 3 out of 5, could go to a 4 out of 7 format. If that happens, that could easily add another week to the baseball playoffs.
I hate to see the playoffs expand any more, just due to the roll of the dice with weather this time of year.
You can’t always plan for California teams, or teams with domes/retractable roof stadiums, to be in the playoff hunt every year, to avoid bad weather.
Bookmark.
It was an amazing series. I was a big Pirates fan and was over the moon that they beat the hated Yankees (who were my hometown Grapefruit League team). Those were the days when we took transistor radios to school to keep track of the games....all of which were played in glorious sunshine.
One of my earliest MLB memories . . .
I didn’t learn the outcome until after school. But I vividly remember listening on my transistor during recess, when the grounder hit Kubek in the throat and stopped play
The crowd noise that came over those radios was almost like being there....well, sorta
Saw that. I was in basic training (USAF) and walked into the
Flt leaders office about 30 seconds before Maz hit it out.
As a nyy fan I was bummed out.
Some think Maz is in the Hall of Fame just because of that walk off homer.
I remember listening to this on the radio at the time.
He wasn’t my favorite Clemente was but still very memorial moment.
I recall that game. I rushed home after school to listen to it on the radio. Maz crushed my dream :)
I grew up a little north of Forbes Field. Cut school and listened and watched part of it. Especially the end. Truly incredible game. All time greats abound in this. Stengel, Mantle, Maris, Berra, Clemente, Murtaugh.
Personally I am rooting for a Minnesota-Colorado World Series played in a foot of snow.
Terrific!!!!
Thanks for posting!
In 1961 my little league team was the Pirates, where I played center field.
My heroes were Micky Mantle and Roger Maris.
Some think Maz is in the Hall of Fame just because of that walk off homer.
If you see how small the Maz glove was and how slick he was at second, that may have really helped. He was the wizard before Ozzie. And Groat was All America Basketball at Duke. Great athlete too.
LOL. It might take such a series someday, to get the people who run baseball to make changes.
I remember once, Bud Selig said he didn’t like November baseball, and he understood people who complained how long the playoffs go.
And he acted as if he has no control over the schedule.
He was only the commissioner of baseball at that time. He’s only the top man in organized baseball, yet, made it sound as if he has no input into how his sport runs the playoffs.
Yup
Of course this was prior to there being any Southern MLB teams
Boo! This is one of my least favorite baseball moments.
Wow. If only you had that baseball card shown on the site. Worth a fortune.
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