That double play was bogus. Not the one that won the pennant. The DP that won the pennant was Aparicio catching grounder, STEPPING ON SECOND HIMSELF and throwing to first.
@@Lava1964 This post written on the SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GAME, Sept 22, 2019. You'se guys sure are perceptive. Vic Power (Cleveland's #10) hit into TWO double-plays that night: one that ended the 5th inning (Aparicio-Fox-Klu), with Early Wynn pitching, and the other to end the game (Aparicio--stepped on 2nd, threw to Big Klu), Gerry Staley pitching. Obviously, the newsreel footage is the FIRST of the two-- you can clearly see Wynn's #24 on the back of his uniform as he watches. Maybe the footage of the final double-play was defective in some way, so they used the first one. Freeze-frame on the Box Score (at 2:24) to see the stats in black & white. LR
Aparicio and Fox were an all time great DP combo...
Why Mgr.Lopez hated Fox is beyond me
Only two pennants the Yankees didn't claim in the 50s came at expense of Al Lopez, '54 with the 111 win Indians and '59 with the White Sox.
And by all who knew him, he was not only a great manager, but he was a great human being period.
Those GO GO'S were 2nd or 3rd from '51 thru '67( missed '64 by 1 and blew the Pennant the last w/e of '67)
The Yankees’ stranglehold on first place won’t be broken again until 1965 when the Minnesota Twins won their first ever AL Pennant.
Zoilo
That World Series should have been played in Washington.
The White Sox were the Chicago team of the 1950's decade.
Yes. But they were not mired in oblivion
They sure were better than the Cubs
@@michaelleroy9281 Yes, and that was true until 1967. Loved the go-go years at Comiskey.
I remember the night well as I watched it on television when I was a kid. The air raid sirens went off in Chicago under orders form Mayor Daley.
For sure. I was 11 and a big ChiSox fan.
Those Sox caps looked great. 😊
Too bad they couldn't take the Dodgers in the World Series
The Dodgers had too much WS experience.
Almost played the Milwaukee Braves for the '59 WS( 90 miles N.)
@1:51 Stomin Norman Cash behind Jungle Jim Rivera
Sure is! Norm was loved in Detroit....funny how Chicago and Cleveland did not want him..He won the batting title in 1961 hitting 361
We loved him in Detroit!
That double play was bogus. Not the one that won the pennant. The DP that won the pennant was Aparicio catching grounder, STEPPING ON SECOND HIMSELF and throwing to first.
I agree. Checked with baseball reference
You are correct. The game's play-by-play on Retrosheet confirms what you wrote.
@@Lava1964
This post written on the SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GAME, Sept 22, 2019.
You'se guys sure are perceptive. Vic Power (Cleveland's #10) hit into TWO double-plays that night: one that ended the 5th inning (Aparicio-Fox-Klu), with Early Wynn pitching, and the other to end the game (Aparicio--stepped on 2nd, threw to Big Klu), Gerry Staley pitching. Obviously, the newsreel footage is the FIRST of the two-- you can clearly see Wynn's #24 on the back of his uniform as he watches. Maybe the footage of the final double-play was defective in some way, so they used the first one. Freeze-frame on the Box Score (at 2:24) to see the stats in black & white.
LR
Not to mention the fact that the video is edited to show the Cleveland fans standing and applauding after this play.
I recall it well. Louie stepped on second himself and then threw to Kluzynski
I could name almost every player on the 1959 White Sox. Now I can't name one.
Not even Don Rudolph who got a save in the opening game.
He had a wife who had the professional name of Patti Waggin.
She was a professional dancer.
@@rentslave I remember Patti Waggin. But not Don Rudolph.
100th 👍