"Tommy Henrich was in the Yankee dressing room at the Stadium receiving congratulations from players and press after he won the opening game of the 1949 Series with a ninth-inning homer against Don Newcombe of the Dodgers. The hit broke up a scoreless battle between Big Don and Allie Reynolds. A figure filbert discovered that this was the first World Series 1-0 game to be decided by a homer since 1923, when Casey Stengel, Tommy's current manager, had hit his for the Giants against Sam Jones in the third game at the same Stadium.
'I really think,' said a reporter informing Casey of the coincidence, 'that Tommy's hit was more dramatic than yours, since he made it in the ninth. You hit yours in the seventh.'
'I know,' deadpanned Stengel, 'I got nervous and couldn't wait.' "
-Tom Meany, Baseball Digest, October 1956
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