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October 21, 1975 Bernie Carbo delivers a dramatic pinch-hit homerun in game 6 of the World Series here is his story …. He spent the early part of Game 6 working on his Louisville Slugger. “Iâm sitting there, and Iâm whittling this bat, I took a lathe and took all the polish off. It’s nice and smooth. Rick Wise is sitting next to me and says, âYou know, you canât use that bat. It doesnât have an emblem on it.â So as the game was going, I took a magic marker and wrote âLouisville Sluggerâ on it. That’s how I kept myself amused.”
With two outs and two batters on base in the eighth inning, Roger Moret was scheduled to bat. Darrell Johnson told Carbo to get ready.
And I said, “Hey, Iâm not going to hit. Juan BenĂquez, grab a bat. Youâre going to hit. Sparky’s going to go to the lefthander because Sparky goes by the book.” Darrell said, “Well, go up and stand on the on-deck circle.” And they introduced me. So Iâm still thinking Sparky will come out and take Rawly Eastwick out and go with Will McEnaney. But the umpire says, “Câmon, youâve been announced. Youâre hitting.”
So I go into the batter’s box. I ainât ready to hit. Next thing, strike one, strike two, ball one, ball two. Then he threw me a cut fastball, a little slider, and I took it right out of Bench’s glove â the ball just dribbled out. I step out, and Iâm thinking, “Aw man, I almost struck out. I was lucky.”
I hit the next pitch to center field. I rounded first base, and I saw CĂ©sar GerĂłnimo going back. Rounding a second, I knew it was gone, and Iâm yelling to Pete Rose, “Donât you wish you were this strong?” And Pete is yelling back, “Ainât this fun, Bernie? This is what the World Series is about. This is fun.”
Johnny Bench said after the game it looked like a Little Leaguer learning how to hit. Pete Rose said it was the worst swing he ever saw. Don Zimmer said he thought it was over. Rico Petrocelli said it looked like a pitcher who hurt his arm trying to make a comeback as a hitter.
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