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Billy Martin’s Great 1953 World Series »
Billy Martin picked up where he had left off the year before. In the seventh inning of the seventh game of the 1952 World Series, Martin had made a spectacular catch of a wind-blown Jackie Robinson pop-up with the bases loaded and two outs to save the game and World Series. The Yankees and Dodgers repeated as pennant winners in 1953, and Billy [...]
Bill Bevens’ Last Pitch in the Major Leagues »
It was an unforgettable game that has almost been forgotten. Floyd "Bill" Bevens started Game Four of the 1947 World Series for the New Yankees at Ebbets Field against Brooklyn's rookie sensation, Harry Taylor, but there is more to the story. Taylor went 10-5 during the season, but he had torn a tendon in his pitching elbow. He still started for [...]