50 years ago today (10/17) -- Great day for the Pirates

[royboy]

Game 7 of the World Series -- pitcher's duel between Steve Blass and Mike Cuellar of the Orioles

HR by Clemente and an 8th inning run scored by Stargell was enough to support a magnificent game by Blass and a 2-1 win.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Watching Blass when the game ended was a display of pure joy. Much like our win over OSU in 2016, an outburst of joy over a wide area. Like the blast Maz hit a few days earlier in Oct., 1960, an outburst of joy pent up for many years. Moments like that are epic.

 

[ftlpsu]

Wow Baltimore had 4 20-Game Winners and still lost ;(

 

[roswelllion]

I don’t know what the oddsmakers said but between 1960 against Yankees and this series against the Birds the Bucco’s had to be 2 of the larger underdogs in World Series history.

 

[royboy]

I don’t know what the oddsmakers said but between 1960 against Yankees and this series against the Birds the Bucco’s had to be 2 of the larger underdogs in World Series history.

Lots of amazing aspect to the 1960 World Series, but the stat that stands out IMO is total runs for the Series:

Yankees 55
Pirates 27

But, like time of possession or yardage in football, such a stat doesn't matter when the final results are:
Pirates 4 wins
Yankees 3 wins

 

[yeahtoasty]

I don’t know what the oddsmakers said but between 1960 against Yankees and this series against the Birds the Bucco’s had to be 2 of the larger underdogs in World Series history.

Pirates were significant underdogs in both, but managed to win. But neither of those were the longest odds against an underdog in World Series history.

That would have to be the 1927 World Series -- in which, once again, the Bucs were the hapless underdog. That one didn't turn out so well though. Ruth, Gehrig and the Yankees steamrolled the Pirates in four straight.

 

[nits74]

I don’t know what the oddsmakers said but between 1960 against Yankees and this series against the Birds the Bucco’s had to be 2 of the larger underdogs in World Series history.

And in both series (1971 and !979) against Baltimore, the Bucs dug their way out of a big hole (0-2 and 1-3) to win.