Baseball in America is known as one of the favorite pastimes for Americans. There is no surprise that the 1960 World Series between the Yankees and Pirates is a historic day for Pittsburgh. A few highlights from Game Seven include the first and second inning, as well as the eighth and ninth inning. Bill Mazeroski is famous for his walk-off homerun, which led to “Mazeroksi Day” in his honor. The historic day for Pittsburgh baseball, “Mazeroski Day” on October thirteenth, which was the date of Game seven for the World Series. While some people have their favorite sports history moment, the people of Pittsburgh remember the historic moment of the walk-off homerun during Game seven by Bill Mazeroski in the World Series of 1960.
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As the Pirates are up to bat in the eighth inning, every fans worst fear was occurring when a ground ball was hit that could be turned into a double play. The field conditions at Forbes Field helped in favor of the Pirates that night, when a routine ground ball turned into two runners on base, instead of two outs (Reisler 188-190). The bottom of the eighth inning ended with five runs scored by the Pirates, which gave them the lead heading to the top of the ninth. Approaching the ninth inning, the Yankees had three outs to at least tie the game to continue to the game. With excitement in the air at Forbes Field, the ninth inning begins what would turn out to be one of the best games of Baseball history (Reisler 197-198). The ninth inning begins with the Pirates eighth batter, Bill Mazeroski, who comes to the plate and watches ball one. Then with no better way to end the World Series, Mazeroski hits a walk-off homerun over the left field wall at about four-hundred and thirty feet. As the hero in game seven, Mazeroski rounds the bases and joins the celebration with his team for the difficult feat of beating the Yankees (Schoenfield n.pag.). All in all, the 1960’s World Series ended in the most unpredictable fashion, which was a walk-off homerun by the eighth batter of the Pirates