Bobby Richardson was one of the pillars of the great Yankees teams of the late 1950’s and early ’60’s. A member of 8 All-Star teams and a 5-time Gold Glove Award Winner, Richardson helped the Yankees to World Series Championships in 1958, 1961, and 1962.
On the latest "30 With Murti” podcast, Richardson looks back on the most famous moment of his career—catching the line drive off Willie McCovey’s bat for the final out of the 1962 World Series. The only World Series MVP from a losing team (1960, when the Yankees lost to the Pirates on Bill Mazeroski’s famous home run), Richardson also explains why he traded in his prize Corvette for a station wagon.
At 84, Richardson still is a regular at Old-Timers Day and loves following the Yankees from his home in Sumter, South Carolina.
