Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Bill Mazeroski & Joe Carter: Fall Classic Walk Off Heroes

Episode Date: October 25, 2020

In this episode, D.C .talks about the two home runs which ended World Series -- Bill Mazeroski's blast in 1960 and Joe Carters jack in 1993. D.C. also talks about the games in which these historic home runs were hit, and some footnotes to each world series, including another infamous game pitched by the winning pitcher in 1960, Harvey Haddix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Thank you for tuning in to Locked-on Mariners, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Here's your host, D.C. Lundberg. Thank you very much, Joey Margin. Welcome to this Saturday night edition of Locked-on Mariners, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, or T-L-O-P-N, or T-Lopin. Please remember to download, rate, and subscribe to this program on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, or whichever podcasting app that you personally care to use. Ask your smart device to play Locked-on Mariners podcast or any program here on the Locked-on podcast network.

All you have to do is say, hey, smart device, play Locked-on Team Name Here podcast. Follow us on Twitter at L-O-U-U-S-Mariners and follow me on Twitter at D.C. underscore Lundberg, L-U-N-D-B-E-R-G, if you are indeed scoring at home. Last time on this program, we talked about the World Series games in which one player hit three home runs. Today, we are going to talk about the two World Series games, which were ended by home runs, 1960 and 1993. We'll begin in 1960. This took place on October 13th, 1960, October 13th being our announcer's birthday, although he wasn't born until the mid-80s. This was before his time. This took place at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

This was, in fact, game seven of this 1960 World Series. This was between the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees. Pittsburgh took game one, six to four. New York took game two, 16 to 3, and they would shut out Pittsburgh the next day, 10 to nothing. Pittsburgh would tie up the series at two games apiece in game four with a three to two victory,

and they would take game five as well, with a 5-2 victory. In game 6, the New York Yankees would blow out the pirates once again 12 zilch, setting up this decisive game 7. I think it's pretty interesting that the three pirate victories thus far were all pretty close ball games, and all three Yankee victories were by 10 runs or more. That's something that I just learned while doing research for this program.

In any case, in this game 7, Pittsburgh would take a quick four to nothing lead. They would score two in the first, two in the second. New York would get one run back in the fifth inning and score four in the sixth to take a five to four lead. Nobody would score in the seventh inning, and then in the eighth inning, the Yankees would score two to go up seven to four. However, in the bottom of the eighth inning, Pittsburgh got busy. Gino Simoli would hit pinch hit for the pitcher leading off the inning, and he would hit a single.

Bill Verdon then hit a ground ball to the shortstop, Tony Kuback, but the ball took a really bad hop, came up and hit Quebec in the face, and Bill Verdon was credited with a single. Quebec would have to leave the game, and then Joe Demastery would replace him at shortstop. Next batter was Dick Groot, who drove in Verdon with a single. Yankee pitcher Bobby Shantz was pulled at this time in favor of Jim Coates. Bob Skinner would hit a sacrifice bunt to third base, sending Verdon to third and Groat to second.

Rocky Nelson would fly out to right field. So with one run in, runners at third and second, or second and third, if you want to speak properly, with two out, and that brought up the legendary Roberto Clemente, one of my all-time favorite players. He hits a ground ball to score Verdon, sending Dick Groot to third base. Runners at the corners now with two in and two out. The batter is Pittsburgh catcher Hal Smith, and he launches a three-run, home run, to put the pirates up nine to seven.

Keep in mind, Hal Smith was a backup most of his career, and he was a backup for these Pittsburgh pirates as well. He didn't even start this ball game, and he winds up being one of the game's heroes. Jim Coates' unimpressive day was finished. He would be replaced by Ralph T. Harry, who would induce a flyout from Don Hoke. So, 9-7 is the score now, with the Yankees coming up in the ninth inning.

They've got a score two to tie to force a bottom of the ninth inning. Bobby Richardson leads off with a single. Dale Long pinch hits for Joe Demastery, who had replaced Tony Kuback at shortstop, and Long hits a single of his own. With those two Pittsburgh singles, Bob Friend was relieved on the mound, and he was replaced with Harvey Haddicks, and there's an interesting story regarding Harvey Haddicks that I'll touch upon in a little bit. In any case, the next batter was Roger Maris, who would pop out to the catcher in foul territory.

Next batter would be Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle, and he would hit a single to score Richardson and send Long to third base. Gil McDougald would pinch run for Long, and that brings up another Hall of Famer, Yogi Berra. He would ground out to the first baseman, scored three unassisted. That would score McDougold and Mantle stays at first base. Next player, Bill Moose Scowarin, grounds into a forceout at second base and that would end the inning with the game tied at nine. Gil McDougold stays in the game. He'll play third base. Cleet Boyer moves from third base to shortstop. That would be academic because the first batter of

the inning is Bill Maserosky. And with Bill Terry on the mound with a 1-0 count, Mazurowski, the 8th place hiter in the lineup, would hit a home run over the left field wall to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a walk-off 10 to 9 victory in game 7 of the 1960 World Series. The first World Series ever ended with a home run. Maserowski was a career 260 him, who had a $299 on base and 367 slugging average. He was also an eight-time Gold Glove Award winner and a 10-time All-Star. In 1960, he slashed 273, 320, 392. He had 21 doubles, five triples, and 11 home runs to go along with 64 runs batted in.

These days, he's kind of gained a reputation as a defensive specialist, light-hitting second baseman. However, back in the 50s and 60s, he played through 1972, his age 35 season. These are very good numbers for a middle infielder. It was rare to have a middle infielder who could hit with any power, and Bill Mazurowski has multiple seasons in which he hit double-digit home runs with a high of 19 in 1958, his first All-Star season. Maserowski was 5'11, about 183 pounds. He played in two world. series, the 1960 series. He also played in the 1971

series against the Baltimore Orioles in which the Pittsburgh Pirates also were champions. Maserowski was born in September 5th, 1936 in Wheeling, West Virginia. And yes, ladies and gentlemen, he is still alive at 84 years old. A bizarre footnote to this 1960 world series, the MVP of the series

was Bobby Richardson, who played for the Yankee. Yankees. Yes, the MDP of the series played for the losing team. How about that? To close out in the first half of the show, we're going to talk a little bit about Harvey Haddicks, who got the win in this game. He was involved in a very famous and bizarre game that took place on May 26, 1959, in County Stadium in Milwaukee, playing the Milwaukee Braves. He was perfect through nine innings. However, the Braves were pitching Lou Bredette that day, very, very good pitcher in his own right. And he also shut the pirates down.

He wasn't perfect, but he was pitching a shutout through the regulation nine innings. So it goes scoreless into the 10th. Pittsburgh does not score in the top of the inning. Haddix is perfect in the bottom of the inning. Pittsburgh does not score in the 11th. And Haddx is perfect in the bottom of the 11th. Pittsburgh does not score in the 12th. And Haddx is perfect through 12 innings at this point.

Pirates do not score in the 13th. either. However, Haddix would lose his perfect game when the batter leading off the bottom of the 13th would reach base on a throwing error, E5. The next batter would sacrifice the runner to second base, and then Haddx would intentionally walk Hank Aaron. So there are now runners on first and second with one out, and that brings up Joe Adcock. He hit a home run to end the ball game, sort of. Follow along with me here. He did hit the ball over the fence. However, he passed Hank Aaron on the base paths between second and third base, so he's ruled out, and he gets credited for a double. Hank Aaron had stopped because he thought that the ball had landed inside the fence, and the lead runner had

already scored. So, Adcox run does not count, and the umpire originally ruled a two to nine, victory. However, Hank Aaron never touched home plate, so the National League President Warren Giles gave the Braves a one-to-nothing victory. Ha, that's kind of confusing, isn't it? Incidentally, Lou Bradet also pitched a complete game. Both starting pitchers pitched complete games in this 13-inning marathon, which was completed in under three hours. Yes, this is a two-hour and 54-minute ballgame, a 13-inning game. That is amazing. We will continue in a few short moments, but first this from Bilt Bar. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Bilt Bar, the greatest protein bars in the history of great protein bars. High in protein, obviously. They're also

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on the air too. I'll read the clean ones because this is a family show. Lockdown Mariners will continue talking about the 1993 World Series or the end of the 1993 World Series after this vital word of importance. Welcome back to Lockdown Mariners. Once again, your host, D.C. Lundberg. Thank you very much, Joey Martin. D.C. back here with you from the Greater Spoke can area where it did in fact snow yesterday. We got six inches of snow at our house and it's not even Halloween yet. In any case, it's supposed to start warming up over the next week or so. And by late next week, it's supposed to get into the 50s. So it's all going to melt off pretty quickly. We talked about the 1960 World Series in the first part of the show, the first world

series that was ended with a home run. Now we're going to talk about the only other world series which was ended with a home run, the 93 series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays, only the second time in history that the series involved a Canadian team. And that Canadian team did take game one at Skydome 8 to 5 over the Phillies. Phillies would tie it up the next day, 6 to 4, and then they would go on to Veterans Stadium for game 3, a 10 to 3 victory by the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays would also win the next night. 15 to 14 in a wild back and forth ballgame,

which is, I believe, still, the highest scoring game in World Series history. I could be wrong about that, but I do believe that is still the highest scoring World Series game. Game 5 then was a Philly's victory, a 2-0 shutout, pitched by Kurt Schilling against Juan Guzman. They'd go back to Skydome for Game 6. So now it's decisive. There's no way that the series was going to be decided in Philadelphia.

So this is going to be the first time a decisive World Series game was to be played in Canada. And what a game it was. Blue Jays got busy right away in the bottom of the first inning, scoring three runs against Philly's starter Terry Mulholland, who would later pitch for the Mariners. Philly would get one back in the fourth inning, which was immediately answered in the bottom of the fourth by Toronto. who would score an additional run in the fifth inning to go ahead five to one.

Top of the seventh, however, was a completely different story. The Phillies would score five, thanks in part to a three-run home run from Lenny Dykstra. Later on in the inning, Dave Hollins, yes, future mariner Dave Hollins, would hit an RBI single to score Mariano Duncan, and Hollins would later score on a sacrifice fly from Pete Incavillia. So Philly takes a six to five lead, and that score would hold through the top of the ninth inning, setting up the bottom of the ninth. Mitch Williams would come in from the bullpen to relieve Larry Anderson,

and the first matter he has to face is future Hall of Famer and perhaps the best leadoff hitter in the history of baseball, Ricky Henderson, and he would draw a walk. And Williams was obviously bothered by Henderson at first base. The coaching staff had tried to get him to pitch out of a sloth. slide step with Henderson aboard, and Williams had never pitched out of a slide step in his life. He would get the next batter, Devon White, to fly out to left center field. However, Paul Maldor would hit a line drive single to center field, which would send Henderson

to second base. So there are now runners on first and second, one out, and up to the plate steps, one of the best RBI men of his era, Joe Carter. He works the count to two and two. And then Williams throws him a low inside slider, which Carter hits sharply down the left field line. It kept going and going, and yes, it would be gone. To give the Blue Jays an 8 to 6 victory in game 6 of the 1993 World Series and a series victory four games to two. And if you have never seen the footage of Joe Carter rounding the bases after this home run,

look it up on YouTube. It is one of my all-time favorite moments from one of my favorite players. And this is one reason why. He had fun playing baseball. He had an ever-present beaming smile. And he reminds me, his personality reminds me at least, of a mariner, of Ken Griffey Jr. Because they both had that youthful exuberance while playing the game, which was refreshing back then because it was rare.

And they didn't do it to show up their opponents like so many. players do these days, they were genuinely having fun. And that's, it was wonderful to watch. Also, Blue Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek, the late Tom Cheek, who was an excellent broadcaster, by the way, had as one of his best calls on this home run. Whenever he would call a home run, he would say, touch them all, player name, you know, touch them all, Roberto Alamar or whoever. On this one, he said, touch them all, Joe Carter, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life. And boy, was he right. You cannot beat ending the World Series on a home run.

You cannot top that in baseball and perhaps even in professional sports. That's going to do it for today's show, ladies and gentlemen. I do hope you enjoyed it talking about the two home runs that have ended the World Series. Those Blue Jays teams, by the way, those early 90s, late 80s Blue Jays teams, some of the best teams that nobody talks about these days. In any case, I ended the show. show already and now I'm going back. Tomorrow on this show, not tomorrow, tomorrow,

Sunday, Monday on this show, more World Series history. I'll see if I can't come up with some pitching because I've talked about offense now two days in a row. I'm not exactly sure what the subject is going to be but I am sure that we will have Venus flytrap, Fluffy

McNutter, and a shoe tree on the panel and that will be fun. So download rate and subscribe to this program so you never miss an episode. Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher Radio, or any podcasting app that might happen to spring into your brainhead, look for us on any podcasting app you can think of. Follow us on Twitter as well at L.O. underscore Mariners,

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