“It seems like it was yesterday,” said Bill Virdon.
Instead, it was 60 years ago that the former Cardinals Rookie of the Year then playing for Pittsburgh hit the most famous double play that wasn’t in the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series.
The mighty New York Yankees, who were in a run of World Series appearances that would reach nine in 10 years, led the Pirates 7-4 although the Pirates had a runner at first after Gino Cimoli had pinch hit a single.
Virdon hit a hard ground ball, but right at shortstop Tony Kubek, who almost certainly would start a double play.