University of Pittsburgh students cheer as they look down on Forbes Field from the top of their campus’s Cathedral of Learning during the 1960 World Series between the Pirates and Yankees. In Game 7, Bill Mazeroski hit the first walk-off home run in World Series history, a shot over the left-field fence that gave the Pirates a 10-9 win. (George Silk/Time Life Pictures)

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Bill Mazeroski celebrates after hitting a walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series between the Pirates and Yankees. It was the first walk-off home run to win a World Series in baseball history. (AP)

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