"I was sure scared after that first strikeout, especially after getting struck out twice in the first game. I thought it would be another of those games where I'd strike out four times. I'm the man to do it. I was talking to myself. [...] They don't mean a thing to me, really. What's the good of homers in the middle of a game when you get 16 runs? I've hit homers in Series games that won them. Then they mean something. Now they don't."
1960 World Series

January 1, 1970