The Mazeroski file Grew up in southeastern Ohio coal country in the community of Rush Run. If I'm hitting the ball bad in golf, I go fishing. If I'm not catching any fish, I go golfing. Intentionally hit into a triple play during a cameo in the 1968 movie The Odd Couple. Teammate Roberto Clemente declined the role.
Line drive up the middle.
I dove and backhanded it about a foot off the ground. You might say he barehanded that seventh-inning shot by former Padre Ramon Webster. The gloves Mazeroski used during his 17-year career, and he only had about four of them from 1956 to 1972, were barely gloves at all. He liked a small glove and always removed the padding from the heel for better feel. He wore gloves out, got them fixed and wore them some more.