Forbes Field - Pittsburgh, PA

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Forbes Field - Pittsburgh, PA
Text on the plaque:

"THIS MARKS THE SPOT WHERE
BILL MAZEROSKI'S HOME RUN
BALL CLEARED THE LEFT CENTER
FIELD WALL OF FORBES FIELD
ON OCTOBER 13, 1960, THEREBY
WINNING THE WORLD SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
THE HISTORIC HIT CAME IN THE
NINTH INNING OF THE SEVENTH
GAME, TO BEAT THE NEW YORK
YANKEES BY A SCORE OF 10-9"

A lawnmower or snowblower scraped the last line of text.

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