60th Anniversary of Maz's Homer

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Seven

Maz's Slick fielding and that home run helped propel him to the Hall of Fame. The decisions that Casey made in that series were also the final nail in the coffin for him getting fired by the Yankees.

Casey's decision to pitch Whitey Ford in 2 games instead of 3 was probably the difference in a slam dunk win for the Yanks. Whitey pitched 2 complete games and gave up 0 runs...and he wanted to pitch.

[Seven]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Casey's decision to pitch Whitey Ford in 2 games instead of 3 was probably the difference in a slam dunk win for the Yanks. Whitey pitched 2 complete games and gave up 0 runs...and he wanted to pitch.

Art Ditmar, over Ford If I remember correctly? Can only imagine how Yankee fans felt back then, when seeing it now makes me shake my head!

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Seven

Art Ditmar, over Ford If I remember correctly? Can only imagine how Yankee fans felt back then, when seeing it now makes me shake my head!

Yep, and Ditmar only lasted 3 innings giving up 3 runs.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Casey's decision to pitch Whitey Ford in 2 games instead of 3 was probably the difference in a slam dunk win for the Yanks. Whitey pitched 2 complete games and gave up 0 runs...and he wanted to pitch.

I'd still put my money on Vernon Law for games 1, 4, and 7.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Mark

I'd still put my money on Vernon Law for games 1, 4, and 7.

Normally I would agree, but Ford was a monster during those years...just look at that series and the 61 series. He wasn't going to be beat, but then, Mazeroski shouldn't have hit that homer either. LOL

[Mark]

Law had an awesome 1960 season, and he was starting 2 games at home.
Edge to the Deacon. There's a false myth that the Pirates were a weak team, but they had outstanding depth on both sides, and amazing defensive efficiency.

[Scott Garner]

Here's a snapshot that I own of Game 7 winning pitcher Harvey Haddix warming up prior to him entering the game in the top of the 9th inning.

[Brian Van Horn]

Herb Soltman and the Game 7 gang had a ceremony on Tuesday at PNC Park care of the Pirates in which social distancing was observed:

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/202010130151

At the Wall, there were two groups of celebration totaling around a hundred people at the times of the Mazeroski home run. One group was listening to a disc player while 30 feet away, just outside the Katz School of Business, another smaller group was watching the Crosby video on a laptop.

There was no social distancing :

Also, the video grouping's Mazeroski home run celebration happened at 3:36 p.m.

[mr2686]

At least they got the social part right. LOL