The Pittsburgh Pirates just wind up their eighteenth consecutive losing season . So for long - suffering Bucco fans like me , it ’s sometimes unvoiced to remember that the team from the Steel City was n’t always the cellar - inhabit punching bag they are today .
gratefully , plug in with the splendiferous past tense of the Pirates just got a little easy .
This year , the Pirates celebrated the 50th anniversary of their historical 1960 World Series Championship victory over the mighty New York Yankees – a serial publication that end in striking way with the first ever serial - win plate run , courtesy of 2nd baseman Bill Mazeroski in the bottom of the 9th inning of biz seven . To commemorate the achievement this time of year , the Pirates unveil a statue of Maz cheer the iconic enthusiasm of his run around the theme that day .
The down banker’s bill that underscored the entire celebration , however , was the fact that no video of the game exists – all recognise copies are believed to have been misplaced or inadvertently destroyed in the geezerhood since .
So , guess the surprisal whena copy of the plot was recently discovered in the wine cellar of Bing Crosby ’s former residence outside San Francisco . The celebrated crooner was a fond proprietor of the Pirates from 1946 until he pass forth in 1977 . On top of that , he was also a notoriously unquiet fan . The fable extend that the singer ’s anxiety about the approaching deciding biz of the series caused him just too much anxiety and he choose alternatively to take a misstep to Paris rather than observe it live – leaving instruction for a transcript of the secret plan footage to be create for him to watch at a former date .
After viewing the game , it was stack away away and forgotten for decades before its recent discovery . The footage is being restored and will shortly be available for baseball game fan to see for themselves . Here ’s skip that takes a bit of the insect bite off of this year ’s 57 - 105 record .
