Vic Wertz was born in York, Pa., and spent his first 11 years here. He still has family here. And his name lives on, most famously as the Cleveland Indian who hit the massive long out that Willie ...

Cleveland first baseman Vic Wertz, Rachel’s grandpa, came up with two men on. Wertz was on fire, headed toward a four-hit game. He promptly drove a Don Liddle pitch at least 450 feet ...

Founded by former Detroit Tigers first baseman Vic Wertz, the group, Wertz Warriors, will travel from Clinton Township to Petoskey over the course of the trip, raising money for Special Olympics ...

Mays went deep to rob Vic Wertz in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series. Like Clark, Mays caught a ball that helped jolt an entire franchise. The 49ers proceeded to win five Super Bowls. Mays' New York ...

Willie Mays makes his famous catch against Cleveland's Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds. (NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) Perspective by Kevin B. Blackistone Just two ...

The older you are, the more often you've probably seen the shot of Willie Mays going back, back, back to make his over-the-shoulder catch to rob Vic Wertz. But chances are, even if you are in your ...

The very best sporting photographs do not need captions because they do not require explanation: Willie Mays, capless, his back to the camera (and the batter), hauling in Vic Wertz’s long fly.

But there was little simple about it. The Say Hey Kid’s superb grab of a drive hit by Cleveland’s Vic Wertz in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series against the favored Indians will always be one of ...

I missed this last week, but my buddy Vince Grzegorek pointed me to a two-part interview of Bob Feller from the Cleveland Plain Dealer in which the living legend disses Willie Mays’ amazing catch of ...

Read full article: Reaction to the death of Willie Mays, 'the godfather of center fielders' FILE - New York Giants' Willie Mays makes a catch of a ball hit by Cleveland Indians' Vic Wertz in Game ...