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Sandy Amoros signed on the sweetspot
Johnny Podres, the Dodgers' winning
pitcher that day, on reflection of Amoros' catch wrote,
"I thought Sandy, you better get on your horse."
Yogi Berra wrote, "If he
wasn't left-handed, he would have never caught it."
Gil McDougald recollected about
Amoros' catch, "He put his brakes on just before
the wall and I took off (for) 3rd and he found the Easter
egg in his glove. I was a dead duck."
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Sandy
Saves the '55 Dodgers
Four times from 1947-1953, the Brooklyn Dodgers
met the N.Y. Yankees in the World Series and lost.
1955 looked like they would meet a similar fate.
In the seventh and deciding game, leading 2-0 in
the bottom of the 6th inning, the Dodgers could
sense victory. Just then, Yankees clutch-hitting
catcher Yogi Berra stepped up to the plate with
Gil McDougald on base, and one out. Berra sliced
a sinking liner down the left field line. If it
dropped, the game would be tied -- everyone knew
that if the Yankees, playing at home, took the lead
late in the game, they would likely win the Series.
Put in as a replacement in left field, the Dodgers'
Sandy Amoros sped toward Berra's slicing smash,
stuck out his right hand (Amoros was left-handed)
and made a beautiful running, one-handed catch.
He relayed the ball to Dodger shortstop Pee Wee
Reese, who relayed it to Gil Hodges at first base
to double off McDougald. That double play, started
by Amoros, saved the day for Brooklyn as they went
on to win their only World Series. 
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