“Baseball is a funny game,” Joe Garagiola entitled his book, and here’s how funny it is.
In the 1960 World Series, the New York Yankees scored 55 runs. The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 27 runs.
The Pirates won the World Series. As Casey Stengel said, you could look it up.
The Yankees clobbered the Pirates in Game 2, Game 3 and Game 6, winning 16-3, 10-0 and 12-0. But Pittsburgh eked out wins of 6-4 (Game 1), 3-2 (Game 4) and 5-2 (Game 5).
Then came Game 7, and you know the rest. Bill Mazeroski hit the home run over the left-field fence at Forbes Field, the Pirates won 10-9 and the ‘60 World Series flag still flies in Pittsburgh.