The Greatest Homerun Ever: Bill Mazeroski 1960 World Series

Ranked by ESPN as the greatest home run of all time: http://espn.go.com/page2/s/greatestho...

To view the longer version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE1nYM...

Forbes Field - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: On October 13, 1960 @3:36 PM, Pittsburgh Pirate Hall of Fame Second Baseman, Bill Mazeroski, hits the greatest and most memorable homerun in Major League Baseball history off New York Yankees pitcher Ralph Terry. The renowned game winning shot, which capped off the best World Series game of all time, occurred in the bottom of the ninth inning of game seven of the 1960 World Series against Casey Stengel's heavily favored New York Yankees. Could there have been a more dramatic homerun? Today, some 50 years later, Maz's blast is still the only Game 7, 9th-inning walk-off home run in World Series history. Watch Maz's historic homerun as called by Hall of Fame broadcaster Chuck Thompson; "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—There's a swing and a high fly ball going deep to left, this may do it! Back to the wall goes Berra, it is over the fence, home run, the Pirates win!"

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[mil182]

my grandpa was at this game!

[Armando Lopez]

how many yards was that?

[EmeraldEmpires]

I'm a Yankees fan and I love this! Historic, anyway you look at it.

[jacopman]

My friend's father was the dean of the Pitt law school and he was watching this game from the top of the catherdral of learing overlooking the field.......he said when Maz hit the homer he saw all the people come pouring out on to the field and surround streets in the Oakland section of Pgh......quite a scene and what a prospective to see that moment.

[Edward Joseph]

Did he touch homeplate?

[UncleMikeNJ]

Chuck Thompson was a great announcer but he blew it by starting to say, "Art Ditmar throwing in the bullpen" while the pitch was in motion. Ditmar probably got more grief for people thinking he threw that pitch than Ralph Terry got for throwing it.  At least Terry got a chance to redeem himself by winning 39 games over the next 2 years and shutting out that great Giant lineup in Game 7 of the 1962 World Series. Ditmar's still best known for a pitch he didn't really throw.

[pianojazzman]

There is a QR Code attached to the "457ft" sign on the right field wall at the old Forbes Field site which brought me to this video...

[427dynodon]

It broke my heart but what a big home run. Bad hop to Kubeck gave the chance of a weaker beat the great Yankee team.

[Mr1979longhorn]

Awesome moment in MLB history