1960 Pirates v. Yanks Game 7 MLB Network 8pm

[slidekellyslide]

I didn't realize that any film of this game (other than Maz's homer) was out there before it was found in Bing's house. I still think Clete and Yogi are wrong...even Costas mentioned it.

All that aside it really was interesting to watch the game...clearly one of the best WS games ever played...and it was a thrill to see Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Roberto Clemente play...and for me to see Bobby Shantz pitch was special....he's been a favorite player of mine for a very long time, but I had never even seen film of him pitching.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

...and for me to see Bobby Shantz pitch was special....he's been a favorite player of mine for a very long time, but I had never even seen film of him pitching.

Musings (or ranting-and-ravings, if you prefer) of an old fan:
Because I was a clueless kid back in those long-ago days who didn't know you could find out who was going to be pitching simply by reading the newspaper on gameday I wouldn't know who'd be taking the mound until I got to Yankee Stadium. Always hoped it would be Whitey Ford. Saw all the Yankee pitchers at one time or another but it still seems like Schantz or Bob Turley pitched most every game I went to. It cracked me up to hear Mel Allen refer to him a couple of times as Little Bobby Schantz. Hadn't thought about that in 50 years but that's what he was known by, never just Bobby Schantz, always Little Bobby Schantz. The wife and I started goofing with it while we were watching the game, intoning in our best Mel Allen twang Little Bobby Turley (who was as big as a truck), Little Bobby Richardson, Little Bobby Clemente, Little Bobby Skinner. And after that annoying color crawling scroll at the bottom of the b&w screen "updated" us for the hundredth time, Little Bobby Feller. Might have had to be there, I guess.