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Thomas Tull Donates Iconic 1960 World Series Artifacts to Sports Museum
Thanks to a generous donation from Alba and Thomas Tull, fans can enjoy Bill Mazeroski's iconic uniform and bat from Game 7 of the 1960 World Series every day at the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.
On Oct. 13, 1960, Mazeroski led off the bottom of the ninth inning and smashed the historic home run over the left field wall at Forbes Field, lifting the Pirates to a 10-9 victory over the mighty New York Yankees to clinch their third World Series championship. Maz's legendary round-tripper remains the only walk-off Game 7 home run in World Series history.
"We are thrilled that Pirates fans can relive Maz's epic 1960 World Series home run every day at the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum," said Thomas Tull, founder of the Tull Investment Group and part of the Steelers' ownership group. "With the excitement surrounding Pirates baseball in recent years, we felt the time was right to donate these objects to the History Center and educate a new generation of Pirates fans about this incredible moment in sports history."
Mazeroski's Pirates uniform and bronzed 35-inch Louisville Slugger bat are now on view in the History Center's fourth floor Special Collections Gallery while they receive professional conservation treatment in preparation for their installation in the Sports Museum's baseball exhibition. The artifacts will join several 1960 World Series items in the Sports Museum's baseball exhibit, including the Forbes Field pitching rubber from which Yankees pitcher Ralph Terry served up the homer to Maz, as well as a life-like figure of Maz hitting "The Home Run."
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1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA,15222
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A proud affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the Senator John Heinz History Center is the largest history museum in Pennsylvania and presents American history with a Western Pennsylvania connection.
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