Naturalized-Texan
06-23-2008, 07:25 PM
Long-awaited Bucs-Yankees matchup defined by epic 1960 homer (http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/pirates/archive/s_574011.html)
Even as he approaches the age of 72, Bill Mazeroski can still see the ball flying over Yogi Berra's head toward the left-field fence. He can still hear the crowd at Forbes Field roaring as he rounded first. And he can still feel like he was floating around the bases with hat in hand over the excitement of beating the New York Yankees.
Never did the man known as "Maz" imagine that his leadoff home run in the ninth inning of Game 7 leading the Pirates to the 1960 World Series championship -- at 3:36 p.m. on Oct. 13, to be precise -- would last a lifetime.
"Here we are, 48 years later, still talking about it," Mazeroski said. "Gee whiz. I never dreamed anything like that would last this long."
Or that it would be revived with such frequency this past week, as the Yankees return here for the first time since that dramatic defeat for a three-game series against the Pirates starting Tuesday at PNC Park.
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Mazeroski will throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the opener of the Yankees series tomorrow at PNC Park.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/photos/2008-06-21/0622yanks1-a.jpg
Even as he approaches the age of 72, Bill Mazeroski can still see the ball flying over Yogi Berra's head toward the left-field fence. He can still hear the crowd at Forbes Field roaring as he rounded first. And he can still feel like he was floating around the bases with hat in hand over the excitement of beating the New York Yankees.
Never did the man known as "Maz" imagine that his leadoff home run in the ninth inning of Game 7 leading the Pirates to the 1960 World Series championship -- at 3:36 p.m. on Oct. 13, to be precise -- would last a lifetime.
"Here we are, 48 years later, still talking about it," Mazeroski said. "Gee whiz. I never dreamed anything like that would last this long."
Or that it would be revived with such frequency this past week, as the Yankees return here for the first time since that dramatic defeat for a three-game series against the Pirates starting Tuesday at PNC Park.
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Mazeroski will throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the opener of the Yankees series tomorrow at PNC Park.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/photos/2008-06-21/0622yanks1-a.jpg