Yeah, it was THAT Good!
Leading off in the bottom of the ninth, Pittsburgh Pirate second baseman Bill Mazeroski hit a home run over the left-field wall to win the World Series against the New York Yankees. It was the first time a home run had ever ended a World Series. According to reports, Ted Szafranski, 13, caught the ball but returned it to Mazeroski after the game in exchange for two cases of beer. The ball has since been placed in the Hall of Fame.
Category: Politics
Back in the old days, 13 year old kids got rewarded with cases of beer for retrieving an historic baseball… kewl!
Hey, I’m glad to see others remember the good ol’days. Just the other day I was talking with my father in law about Whitey Ford, Ted Williams, Nellie Fox, Warren Spahn and others from my childhood. Thanks for bringing this up.
Thanks for the Maz flashback, we still see him every now and then around the ‘burg. The analogy is apropos, although I think the Yankees had a better team than Obamarama.