TV Tonight

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• MLB Network is showing the Game 7 of the 1960 World Series tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Obviously the Yankees lost the game — if you don’t know, that’s the Mazeroski walk-off — but it’s a great chance to see one of the most famous games of all time. And the heart of the Yankees order is worth seeing as well: Three guys named Maris, Mantle and Berra.

Don't forget, that's the game Mazeroski's home run forever overshadowed one of the smartest plays in World Series history.

4. 1960 WS, Pirates and Yankees. Game 7. Yankees down 9-8 in the 8th. Mantle on 1B, McDougal on 3B, Yogi at bat. Yogi grounded to Pirate 1B Rocky Nelson who stepped on the bag for out #2. Rather than heading for 2B, Mantle managed to fake out Nelson, dive around him, and get his hand around the tag onto 1B. While he was safe, what mattered was that he took enough time doing it that McDougal was able to score the tying run. (Nobody remembers because, just minutes later, Mazerosky led off the Pirates' 9th with his famous series-winning HR.)

I wonder how many other plays in sports are like that - set up for immortality by forgotten plays right in front of them?