Joe Starkey: She sculpted the Bill Mazeroski statue — and hardly anybody knows

Sat, Feb 28, 2026 – TribLive

Every so often, Susan Wagner will visit PNC Park to see those powerful Pirates legends’ statues.

Last weekend provided such an occasion, albeit a sad one. Bill Mazeroski had died. Dozens journeyed to his bronze likeness at the end of the cul-de-sac on Mazeroski Way, near the right-field entrance, in front of an actual piece of Forbes Field wall featuring the number “406.”

There, a 12-foot-tall Mazeroski forever rounds the bases, helmet in hand, after smashing the ball over that 406-foot mark to beat the mighty New York Yankees in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series…

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