Stu Miller, pitcher allegedly blown off Candlestick Park mound, dies

Mr. Miller, the pitcher supposedly "blown off the mound" at Candlestick by a gust of wind during one of the two All-Star Games played that year, died Sunday after a brief illness at his home in Cameron Park (El Dorado County). He was 87.

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Mr. Miller was best known for a wind-caused balk in his only All-Star appearance, a year after Candlestick opened on the eponymous spit of land that juts into San Francisco Bay in the southeastern corner of the city.

In a 2007 interview, Mr. Miller recounted the balk, which occurred as he faced Detroit’s Rocky Colavito in the ninth inning of the game the National League would win 5-4 in the 10th.

"A gust of wind gave my body a little bit of sway,” Mr. Miller said. "The next day in the paper, the banner headline was, 'Miller blown off mound.’ You’d think I was pinned against the center-field fence."

Full obituary: http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Former-SF-Giants-All-Star-Stu-Miller-passes-away-5995282.php

Maury Wills: "He was a fabulous pitcher. Miller could throw a changeup off a changeup. You knew it was coming and you still couldn’t hit it."