Riverwind (imported) wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:14 am Who played who, or was that who's on first?

WHAT?

River

Shame on you...



World Champion Yankees get defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th game of the 1960 World Series.

Only one World Series ever ended with a winning home run in the 9th. And a 410 foot home run at that...

Dave (imported) wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:45 am Shame on you...



World Champion Yankees get defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th game of the 1960 World Series.

Only one World Series ever ended with a winning home run in the 9th. And a 410 foot home run at that...

What???

Shame on me for not knowing it was Pittsburgh and Yankees or shame on me for wanting to know who's on first?

I don't know.

3rd base

River

And here I thought the holly grail was the Dodgers beating the Yankees 4 straight in I think 1962 or maybe it was 1963.

River

Well I watched it and they had some commentary (about 25 minutes spaced between the innings) from the surviving players. I keep hearing Yogi Berra's name and he's playing. Tony Kubek, Harvey Haddix, Mickey Mantle, Dick Groat and a few others with very famous names. (Roberto Clemente, Casey Stengel). Mel Allen calls most of the game. Bob Prince, the Pirates announcer was on the radio, I think. There's a way they used to divide TV and radio announcers back then. No color guy, no analyst, only an announcer to do play by play with no blather.

It's an exciting game to watch. The lead changes and while the Pirates go ahead in the 8th, the Yankees tie it in the top of the Ninth. The bottom of the ninth inning lasted two pitches (obviously the second pitch was the one that Mazeroski hit 410 feet over the way in left field). It's a slugfest, no one strikes out. Being the last game of the year and the World Series, the pitching isn't the stuff of dreams but the hitting -- four or five home runs, along with great fielding make it a good game to watch.

By today's standards, it's short and fast - only 2 hrs 35 minutes. The fellow recording it on kinescope film for Bing Crosby did not record between innings or commercials. IN FACT, The sponsor Gillette (razors and razor blades) only had two commercials in the entire broadcast. There was no advertising on the field. Hot dogs were 30 cents. Beer wasn't sold in Forbes Field in 1960 (the fans brought the beer into the stadium)...