Bernie Carbo delivers pinch hit homerun in game 6 of 1975 World Series
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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. “I’m sitting there, and I’m 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, ‘You know, you can’t use that bat. It doesn’t have an emblem on it.’ So as the game was going, I took a magic marker and wrote ‘Louisville Slugger’ 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, I’m not going to hit. Juan Beníquez, grab a bat. You’re 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 I’m still thinking Sparky will come out and take Rawly Eastwick out and go with Will McEnaney. But the umpire says, “C’mon, you’ve been announced. You’re hitting.”
So I go into the batter’s box. I ain’t 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 — the ball just dribbled out. I step out, and I’m 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 César Gerónimo going back. Rounding a second, I knew it was gone, and I’m yelling to Pete Rose, “Don’t you wish you were this strong?” And Pete is yelling back, “Ain’t 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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