it happened one october, take 1

On this date in 1960, Pittsburgh’s Bill Mazeroski hit his famous walk-off home run in Game 7 of the World Series, stunning the New York Yankees and much of the baseball world. Mississippi natives Joe Gibbon and Wilmer “Vinegar Bend” Mizell won rings — the only ones they would get in lengthy big league careers — thanks to Mazeroski’s blast at old Forbes Field. Gibbon, from Hickory via Ole Miss, yielded three runs in two appearances in that Series, and Leakesville’s Mizell took the loss as the starter in Game 3 and had a 15.43 ERA over two appearances. The Yankees, who had won six championships in the 1950s, outscored the Pirates 55-27, losing Game 7 10-9.