"Mayo Smith had scouted the Pirates, and warned us about Groat. So if Virdon got on, Bobby Richardson and I were not supposed to cover the base, but were supposed to hold our positions."
— 1960 World Series

January 1, 1970

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Tony Kubek, explaining how it came to pass that no one covered second base on Virdon's stolen base attempt in the first inning of Game 1; as quoted in “Terry and the Pirates” by George Vecsey, in The New York Times (Sunday, September 29, 1985), Sec. 6, p. 57