"Maz never really caught the ball, never really closed his glove over it turning the double play," said Pirates shortstop Gene Alley, who helped Mazeroski turn 161 double plays in the 1966 season, still a major league record that might never be broken. "He could tilt his glove at an angle and hold his hand just so. It was a wonder the ball stayed in there. Then it would slide out in his hand just like that. He was the only one I ever saw do it like that."