OT: Most Important Hit in 1960 World Series....not Maz
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Hal Smith. Pirates catcher. Hits 3 run homer in the bottom of the eighth to put Pirates ahead.
Did Maz's hit win the game and the series? Yes? Let's not over think things.
You don't have to overthink to know how important Smith's homerun was. Without it the Maz homerun doesn't happen in all probability.
Sure. But if Maz doesn't hit the GW HR and the Yanks score the next inning and win, does it matter?
The tailor made double play ball that bad bounced tony kubek in the throat
The inside Pirates baseball segment tells it first hand from the players and one of them admits in his opinion if Hal doesn't homer they were finished .
Biggest impact on Game 7 was Casey Stengel's mismanagement of the Yankees' pitching staff that game.
But you also have to look at it as what is more likely to happen. A team scoring 1 run over the course of an inning or scoring 3 runs with 2 outs and 2 strikes?
Either way, both plays were amazing and can be argued either way. I just thought the video was an interesting take as someone who was born decades after the event and never even heard of Hal Smith or that this home run.
Bill Verdon‘s single to the throat of the short stops neck. This allowed Hall’s homer.
One of the most amazing things about game 7.
Not one strikeout was recorded
Not one strikeout was recorded
Really? Wow. I didn't know that. Honestly I didn't. It did amaze me that a 10-9 Game 7, winner take all, game was played in slightly over 2 and half hours (2:36) and the average time for a baseball game, any MLB game is over 3 hours now.
The claim is based on the change in win probability that the hits generated. Smith’s homer generated a greater change in win probability than Maz’s.
Yeah, but a little known fact...Hal Smith was the first bobblehead in Pirates' history! ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️
I get the whole money ball thing ......algorithms
NO substitute for making the great play at the right time.... Maz rules
NO substitute for making the great play at the right time.... Maz rules
If you watch the Maz at bat you’ll see that the first pitch was high and slightly out of the strike zone. The Yankees catcher came out to visit Terry after that first pitch! I have always wondered if the catcher told Terry to keep the ball down since Maz was a high fastball hitter (and had homered previously in the Series). Unusual to come out after the first pitch to a good, not great hitter.
The next pitch was also high but low enough to be letter high.
Voila!
The next pitch was also high but low enough to be letter high.
Voila!
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