I love seeing APBA in the news. APBA fans Ted Knorr and Fred Walker made the local TV news in Wormleyburg, Pennsylvania when they replayed the famous Game 7 of the 1960 World Series between the Pirates and the Yankees.
That’s a risky move. Hate to see the Bronx Bombers clobber the Bucs in an alternate reality.
Fortunately it worked out. There were no late-inning heroics by Mazeroski but the Pirates won again. According to the Local21 article:
“There was no dramatic home run during this dice version; Knorr’s Pirates nearly no-hit Walker’s Yankees, winning 5-0”.
Way to go, Ted and Fred!
I think you mean 1960. My first baseball memory.
yes, I think you’re right, Steve. :) thanks, it’s fixed.
… And Bill Mazeroski does NOT make the Hall of Fame.
Get over it Don.
I once played a World Series between the ’61 Yankees and the ’60 Pirates. The Series began in New York in this match up. They played to a seventh game, bottom of the 9th tie when Yogi Berra came to bat. Whack! It was a Berra walk-off homer. This time it was Yogi’s turn to provide the late-inning heroics.
Why do people continue to use the radio broadcoast of the Maz homer? The announcer incorrectly states that Art Ditmar is the pitcher. Ditmar actually tried to bring a law suit against Miller Beer for using that in one of their commercials a while back. Ralph Terry was the pitcher that HOFer Bill Mazeroski homered off of.