A bad hop, a five-run surge, and a comeback that nearly stole history from Pittsburgh.
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How's Tony? They tell me his windpipe is broken.
tearful and barely audible Mickey Mantle
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Years from now, when people will look at the record books, all they'll know is that we lost.
New York Yankee’s star Mickey Mantle
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When Bill Mazeroski his that ball in the ninth I doubted just for a moment that it would go over the wall. When Yogi Berra stopped I knew we had the World Series and my one thought was - I'd like to kiss my wife.
Pittsburg manager Danny Murtaugh