Why Pirates are wearing a 9 patch on their jerseys to honor Bill Mazeroski
Pittsburgh is remembering an all-time great.
Why Pirates are wearing a 9 patch on their jerseys to honor Bill Mazeroski originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Pittsburgh Pirates will don an extra digit on each of their jerseys this season.
The number 9 will feature as a patch on each uniform this season. The patch has been added to the jerseys to honor an all-time great and World Series hero. Why are the Pirates wearing a 9 jersey patch?
The number 9 on the jerseys is in memory of Bill Mazeroski. Mazeroski died in February at age 89. The all-time great is best known for his walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series to stun the New York Yankees .
It was the first time a World Series had ever ended on a home run, and it came from a defensive wizard. Mazeroski's career-long highlight reel, if he played in today's game, would've started with that home run and then included a heck of a lot of defense. He was an eight-time Gold Glove winner.