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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 SeriesWell, a little while ago, when we mentioned that this one, in typical — 1960 World Series
"Well, a little while ago, when we mentioned that this one, in typical fashion, was going right to the wire, little did we know… Art Ditmar throws—heres a swing and a high fly ball going deep to left, this may do it!… Back to the wall goes Yogi Berra, it is…over the fence, home run, the Pirates win!… (long pause for crowd noise)… Ladies and gentlemen, Mazeroski has hit a one-nothing pitch over the left field fence at Forbes Field to win the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of ten-nothing!… Once again, that final score… The Pittsburgh Pirates, the 1960 world champions, defeat the New York Yankees. The Pirates ten, and the Yankees nine!"
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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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