The Detroit Tigers' Jim Northrup hits liner to center for a triple, to score two runs in the seventh inning of Game 7 of baseball's World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Oct. 10, 1968. Pitching for the Cardinals is Bob Gibson as Tim McCarver catches. Northrup, who hit a decisive two-run triple in Game 7 of the 1968 World Series for the Tigers, died Wednesday, June 8, 2011, longtime friend Bill Wischman said. He was 71. (AP Photo/File0
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