There have been a few childhood memories that stay with us our whole lives. For me seeing Bill Mazeroski hitting a home run in the bottom of the 9th inning of the seventh game of the 1960 World Series to beat the Yankees was one of those memories. Back in 1960 they played all the World Series games in the daytime. I remember hurrying home from school to watch the game starting with the 7th inning. It looked like the game was going into extra innings because Mazeroski was not known as a home run hitter. To have the game end this way was a shock to everyone.
These were the Yankees of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. Somehow the Pirates won the close games and the Yankees won their games by a lot more runs.
When Pittsburgh tore down the old Forbes Field they left the brick section of the field where Mazeroski hit his home run. On a recent trip to Pittsburgh I had to stop and see this wall as part of reliving that memory.
Now I have to visit the Texas School Book Depository Building in Dallas Texas to relive the most traumatic memory of my childhood
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