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Bill Mazeroski crosses home after his ninth-inning home run to win the 1960 World Series. (AP Photo)

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Some moments last forever. Rather than being mere notches on the timeline, they become its root, freeze-framed in each dimension. Time, place, light ...

It is thus with October 13, 1960. The giant hands of the Longines Official Watch towering atop Forbes Field's left-field scoreboard show 3:36 p.m. when Yogi Berra pulls up at the base of the brick wall to watch Bill Mazeroski's ball sail over it.

For many, those hands haven't moved since, that time has never changed. For many others, that frozen image is the compass for comforting trips back to carefree times. It is, really, a Rod Serling moment, too, a branch into the past grabbed by people worn down by their ensuing lives.