When Johnny comes marching home

Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Johnny Callison watches nearly half of the 1964 All-Star Game from the bench at Shea Stadium before he ends that game 59 years ago today with a three-run, two-out, walk-off home run off Boston closer Dick Radatz.

First facing Minnesota’s Camilo Pascual, Callison pops out as a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning before facing Radatz for the first time in the seventh and flying out to Mickey Mantle in deep center field.

Callison’s second at-bat against Radatz with the score tied at 4 ends much differently as he follows Radatz’s strikeout of Hank Aaron with his game-ending, three-run homer to right, giving the National League a 7-4 victory.

Not that you would immediately recognize Callison, who comes to the plate in the ninth inning wearing a blue helmet he borrows from Mets second baseman Ron Hunt and with a bat he borrows from Chicago Cubs left fielder Billy Williams.

Seems some of Callison’s equipment does not arrive from Philadelphia in time for the game.