60th Anniversary of Maz's Homer

[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

[aelefson]

Great items everyone! Here is a bat that was made for the 25th anniversary. Elmer Gray was the scouting director for the Pirates in the mid 1980s.

Alan