The goat of the 1960 World Series, and arguably the pitcher who stamped Bill Mazeroski's ticket to Cooperstown, was Yankees starter Ralph Terry. However, Terry's World Series career was not marked just by the series-winning home run he allowed to Mazeroski--he won two games in the 1962 series against the Giants and was named series MVP. He had made the All-Star team that year, going 23-12, and was on the mound in the ninth inning of game seven when Willie McCovey smoked a liner into second baseman Bobby Richardson's glove to end the series. Willie Mays was on second and Mattie Alou was on third with the Yankees up 1-0, so had McCovey's shot gotten through, San Francisco would have won the World Series.
Bill Mazeroski
28 August 2008
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28 May 2008
Sorry for the Blog Pause--went out of town to the wedding of a friend of mine, but now I'm back and back strong, to conclude my review of the unsung heroes of the 1961 Yankees infield. We're finishing with that all-important position of shortstop, Tony Kubek, who was an anchor for that 1961 team, both in the field and at the plate. He's also one of the great woulda-coulda-shoulda players, someone that many argue would have been one of the greatest Yankee shortstops ever, had his career not been cut short by injury.
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