A bad hop, a five-run surge, and a comeback that nearly stole history from Pittsburgh.

How's Tony? They tell me his windpipe is broken.

tearful and barely audible Mickey Mantle

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

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

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