PITTSBURGH, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates have dedicated a statue celebrating Bill Mazeroski's famous 1960 World-Series-winning home run.
In the 50 years since Mazeroski sent a belt-high slider over Yankee outfielder Yogi Berra's head and into the stands at Forbes Field, he's been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and had a street named for him. On Sunday, the Pirates dedicated the statue, and the Heinz center was to dedicate a figure of him Monday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.
Mazeroski, 74, who lives in Westmoreland County, says he is overwhelmed by all the attention.
"Geez, how could anybody ever dream of something like this?" he said. "All I wanted to be was a ballplayer. I didn't need all of this".
Mazeroski was born in Wheeling, W.Va., growing up in a one-room house in Ohio with his mother and sister.
He was signed by the Pirates in 1954 at age 17 and spent his whole career with the Pirates organization.
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