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On
June 30th 1959, At Wrigley‚ a bizarre play occurs in the
4th inning when two balls are put into play. On a 3-1
count‚ Bob Anderson's pitch to Stan Musial is wild and
bounces back to the screen. Catcher Sammy Taylor ignores
the ball‚ assuming it ticked off Musial's bat‚ but
Cubs 3B Alvin Dark
rushes in to retrieve the wild pitch/foul tip. The bat boy
tosses the ball to field announcer Pat Piper‚ and Dark
finally retrieves it from him. Meanwhile home plate ump
Vic Delmore has handed a second ball to Anderson. Through
all this‚ Musial reaches first with what he thinks is
ball four‚ and then streaks for 2B. Simultaneously‚
Dark and Anderson fire to the bag. Anderson's throw goes
into CF‚ but Dark's to Banks catches the sliding Musial.
Stan ignores the tag and rambles to 3B as play is stopped.
Delmore then rules Musial is out at 2B‚ while Al Barlick
rules Stan safe at 1B. Both managers play the game under
protest‚ but the Cards drop theirs after dropping the
Cubs‚ 4-1. The NL will drop Vic Delmore at the end of
the season.
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