Dan -- I too was a kid listening to that series on a transistor radio, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY. If I recall correctly, in the three games the Yankees won they scored something like 16, 12, and 10 runs, while the Pirates scored near zero. The games the Pirates won were nail-biters, won by margins of 1 or 2 runs or so.
The climactic seventh game was back and forth, and I believe it was tied at 9 when Mazeroski hit his walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth. I believe it is still the only World Series ever played that went seven games and ended with a home run.
All told, one of the most memorable series ever played, regardless of which team one was rooting for.
Best regards,
-- Al
The climactic seventh game was back and forth, and I believe it was tied at 9 when Mazeroski hit his walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth. I believe it is still the only World Series ever played that went seven games and ended with a home run.
All told, one of the most memorable series ever played, regardless of which team one was rooting for.
Best regards,
-- Al