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"I heard him yelling too and reached up to catch it when he bumped into me. He cut my foot a little, but I told him you can cut me like that all the time if you catch the ball."
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1960 World SeriesIt was 1927 in reverse when the Pirates and Yankees took batting pract — 1960 World Series
"It was 1927 in reverse when the Pirates and Yankees took batting practice yesterday at Forbes Field. Dick Stuarts bombs were falling all over Schenley Plaza, behind the left-field wall. The Yankees had been batting for 20 minutes before anybody hit one out of the park. Theres a legend that in 1927 the Yankees shell-shocked the Pirates with their batting-practice home runs. Its a fact that they won the Series in four games. Whether the home runs they hit in batting practice made any difference is open to question."
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The 1960 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1960 season. The 57th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates against the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees. In Game 7, Bill Mazeroski hit the series winning ninth-inning home run, the first time a winner-take-all Worl
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"Its a dilly, all right. The ball really spins around that curve, like a pill on a roulette wheel. You cant charge em, or theyll get past you for a home run."
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"Sure, I expect trouble. Look at that sun. How can I say I dont expect trouble? Ill tell you one thing, though. It might be an experience. I know theres a good chance Ill be lousy, but the funny thing is, Im looking forward to it."
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"We no good when first come home off road. All time during regular season we lose first game after come back to Forbes Field. Same thing happen now. But we get hot in second game now we back—just wait and see. We go out with fire."
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"Cant beat the Bucs, can you? No sir, cant beat the bad Buccos, Ill tell you that. Thats for sure. Yessir! Yessir! We got em, we got em. They broke all the records, but we won the game. How about that? Cant beat that."
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"I think it was just sheer guts against power, and the guts came through."
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