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Classic Sports Card of The Day

09 Dec

1961 Topps baseball card, from www.CheckOutMyCards.com , of former Pittsburgh Pirates’ second baseman Bill Mazeroski. I would have expected Mazeroski to have a much bigger smile on his face on this card, since his walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of game 7 of the 1960 World Series gave the Pirates the Series win over the New York Yankees. He also played on the Bucs’ 1971 Series-winning team. “Maz” is generally regarded as one of the greatest defensive second basemen of all time, but his offensive statistics kept him out of baseball’s Hall of Fame until he was finally recognized by the Veterans’ Committee and inducted into Cooperstown in 2001.

 

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