RIP Bill Maz

[swissvale72]

https://triblive.com/sports/bill-mazero ... ies-at-89/

Just yesterday had him on my all-time Pittsburgh top 10 athlete list.

[MJG75]

I am numb. Just too many now. Not Maz.

Greatest home run ever hit in a World Series. Greatest defensive 2nd baseman all time. No one could turn a double play like Maz. And don't even try to take him out. Spikes? No way. Not going anywhere and the back runner is out by a mile.

RIP, Maz. Great ballplayer, decent man. Bless Maz and all who loved and admired him.

[swissvale72]

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comme ... ly_game_7/

[MJG75]

Man right now wish we could all get together, have some beers, and shoot the shit, about Maz, Wagner, Face. Lost a lot of good men. Lot of good men.

[swissvale72]

Man right now wish we could all get together, have some beers, and shoot the shit, about Maz, Wagner, Face. Lost a lot of good men. Lot of good men.

Would love to, MJG...can't do beers anymore for medical reasons but can still bullshit with the best of em. lol !!

[Greeksteel]

RIP

[ol skool]

Among the greatest defensive middle infielders of all time.

And he’s still the only guy to do the thing we all dreamed about: hit a Game 7 walkoff HR to win it.

You see these Top 10 lists on ESPN and such, and I swear to you, every one I saw put Maz at #2 and that Kirk Gibson one at #1. Would piss me off to no end. There’s no comparing to a Game 7 walkoff HR. Period.

[swissvale72]

Among the greatest defensive middle infielders of all time.

And he’s still the only guy to do the thing we all dreamed about: hit a Game 7 walkoff HR to win it.

You see these Top 10 lists on ESPN and such, and I swear to you, every one I saw put Maz at #2 and that Kirk Gibson one at #1. Would piss me off to no end. There’s no comparing to a Game 7 walkoff HR. Period.

Period !!! Shot heard round the fuckin world!!!

[Greeksteel]

Among the greatest defensive middle infielders of all time.

And he’s still the only guy to do the thing we all dreamed about: hit a Game 7 walkoff HR to win it.

You see these Top 10 lists on ESPN and such, and I swear to you, every one I saw put Maz at #2 and that Kirk Gibson one at #1. Would piss me off to no end. There’s no comparing to a Game 7 walkoff HR. Period.

Period !!! Shot heard round the fuckin world!!!

Joe Carter. World Series. Walk off series winning HR.

[swissvale72]

Among the greatest defensive middle infielders of all time.

And he’s still the only guy to do the thing we all dreamed about: hit a Game 7 walkoff HR to win it.

You see these Top 10 lists on ESPN and such, and I swear to you, every one I saw put Maz at #2 and that Kirk Gibson one at #1. Would piss me off to no end. There’s no comparing to a Game 7 walkoff HR. Period.

Period !!! Shot heard round the fuckin world!!!

Joe Carter. World Series. Walk off series winning HR.

That was game 6 though

[ol skool]

Period !!! Shot heard round the fuckin world!!!

Joe Carter. World Series. Walk off series winning HR.

That was game 6 though

Exactly. That makes ALL the difference. Never done before or since.

[Dan Smith--BYU]

That World Series was insane.

The Yankees outscored the Pirates by more than 2-1 and lost.

[XPGH]

Never underestimate the power of the green weenie!

[Greeksteel]

Period !!! Shot heard round the fuckin world!!!

Joe Carter. World Series. Walk off series winning HR.

That was game 6 though

Come from behind walk off winner for the WS . Doesnt get any better than that.

[Gonzo]

[youtube]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=65Og0gUKfvc[/youtube]

[ol skool]

Joe Carter. World Series. Walk off series winning HR.

That was game 6 though

Come from behind walk off winner for the WS . Doesnt get any better than that.

Game. Fucking. Seven.

In front of your home crowd. Against a juggernaut that by all means should have mopped the floor with you.

Eat shit and die.

[Gonzo]

i guess nutting can steal the Pirates from us but not the memories

[swissvale72]

Line from The Bronx Tale. Kid says to his dad, played by Robert Deniro...family are Yankee fans....

"I Hate Bill Mazeroski. He made Mickey Mantle cry."

Other thing about that game 7....there were ZERO strikeouts!!

[Dan Smith--BYU]

We don't need no stinkin skyboxes or drones...

[Gonzo]

And Maz should have been in my top 10 not HM
I had forgotten … that is the greatest baseball Hit of all time …. Easy

[Dan Smith--BYU]

Let's not forget the most underrated HR ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoisw4EjnGc

[swissvale72]

Let's not forget the most underrated HR ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoisw4EjnGc

"....scoring Groat (from Swissvale) and Clemente ahead of him." Dunno that I've ever seen that vid.

[Greeksteel]

That was game 6 though

Come from behind walk off winner for the WS . Doesnt get any better than that.

Game. Fucking. Seven.

In front of your home crowd. Against a juggernaut that by all means should have mopped the floor with you.

Eat shit and die.

It was a tie game ya dolt. Come from behind, walk off world series homer in front of your home fans, ya thats bigger to me. Eat shit and die yourself.

[Obviously]

So sad to hear the news about the great Bill Mazeroski. Nothing really to add to the sentiments expressed on this thread here except:

1. Maz was arguably the greatest defensive second baseman in the history of MLB. All-around, he's not even close to Rogers Hornsby, Joe Morgan, Charlie Gehringer, Jackie Robinson or Nap Lajoie, but he was the human vacuum cleaner at second base.

2. Maz's home run is the greatest home run in MLB history. A Game 7 walk off home run to win the World Series in Pittsburgh. Never been done before or since. Also, still the last time a Pittsburgh team won a championship in Pittsburgh.

3. Maz's home run is the greatest moment in Pittsburgh sports history. Bigger than the Immaculate Reception, the Steelers' victory in Oakland in the '74 AFCCG, the Immaculate Interception, Ben to Santonio and any Penguins or Panthers moment you care to pick.

[MJG75]

Never underestimate the power of the green weenie!

Definitely!

[MJG75]

So sad to hear the news about the great Bill Mazeroski. Nothing really to add to the sentiments expressed on this thread here except:

1. Maz was arguably the greatest defensive second baseman in the history of MLB. All-around, he's not even close to Rogers Hornsby, Joe Morgan, Charlie Gehringer, Jackie Robinson or Nap Lajoie, but he was the human vacuum cleaner at second base.

2. Maz's home run is the greatest home run in MLB history. A Game 7 walk off home run to win the World Series in Pittsburgh. Never been done before or since. Also, still the last time a Pittsburgh team won a championship in Pittsburgh.

3. Maz's home run is the greatest moment in Pittsburgh sports history. Bigger than the Immaculate Reception, the Steelers' victory in Oakland in the '74 AFCCG, the Immaculate Interception, Ben to Santonio and any Penguins or Panthers moment you care to pick.

Well said, brother. Man. I am a bit torn up. It truly was the biggest thing ever and as the years have piled up, it feels bigger than it even was for those of us who were blessed to witness it. Damn.

[ol skool]

Come from behind walk off winner for the WS . Doesnt get any better than that.

Game. Fucking. Seven.

In front of your home crowd. Against a juggernaut that by all means should have mopped the floor with you.

Eat shit and die.

It was a tie game ya dolt. Come from behind, walk off world series homer in front of your home fans, ya thats bigger to me. Eat shit and die yourself.

Game 7.

Canadian opinions go straight into the trash.

[Northside50]

i was a 10 year old 5th grader at St. Francis Xavier Elementary School on the North Side the day Maz hit his legendary homer. The school principal, Sister Fabian, had specifically told us the day before that we were not permitted to bring transistor radios to school to listen to the game. Several of us, of course, ignored her and brought our transistor radios anyway and listened to the game as discreetly as we could. All through the game, kids were whispering to me "What's the score?". At the end of the 8th inning, Sister Fabian came into our classroom and told our classroom teacher that the score was 9 to 9 and she was putting the game on the intercom. We all know what happened next. In the 65 years since then, I've talked to dozens of people who met him at events, played golf with him etc. Not a one of them had a negative word to say about the guy. They all told me he was a nice guy who didn't allow celebrity to go to his head. RIP MAZ.

[Steeldrama]

Fantastic post Northside

[Dan Smith--BYU]

I have no memory of it because I was too young but I heard about it so much that the legend probably beats any real memory.

Hal Smith should have been the eighth inning hero but the Yanks scored two in the ninth to tie 9-9 to set up Maz's great moment.