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Statue commemorating Mazeroski's walk-off home run in Pittsburgh. The Yankees, winners of their 10th pennant in 12 years, outscored the Pirates 55–27 in this Series, out-hit them 91–60, out-batted them .338 to .256, hit 10 home runs to Pittsburgh's four (three of which came in Game 7), got two complete-game shutouts from Whitey Ford—and lost.
Thurman Lee Munson was born on June 7, 1947, in Akron, Ohio, to Darrell Vernon Munson and Ruth Myrna Smylie, and he was the youngest of four children. [5] His father was a World War II veteran who became a truck driver while his mother was a homemaker. [6]
The 1976 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round for the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1975–76 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeated the Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 to win their 13th NBA Championship.
The 1996 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1996 season.The 92nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion (and defending World Series champion) Atlanta Braves and the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees.
The 16th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League champion Chicago White Sox against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds. Although most World Series have been of the best-of-seven format, the 1919 World Series was a best-of-nine series (along with 1903, 1920, and 1921). MLB decided to try the best-of-nine format ...
The 1964 World Series, and the season leading up to it, later became the subject for the David Halberstam New York Times bestseller October 1964.The Series is seen as a bellwether point in baseball history as it was the last hurrah for the 1950s Yankee Dynasty of Mantle, Maris, Ford and Berra, among others, and it demonstrated that the National League's growing enthusiasm to sign black and ...
The 1978 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1978 season.The 75th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 1976 Senior League World Series took place from August 17–21 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Pingtung , Taiwan defeated Aiea , Hawaii twice in the championship game. It was Taiwan's fifth straight championship.