The run put the Cardinals ahead 4–3 and proved to be the winning run of the decisive seventh game. In Boston, "Pesky held the ball" became a catchphrase, although a soft throw from Culberson (playing in place of the strong-armed DiMaggio) may have been more to blame.<ref>{{cite web|title=Slaughter, Pesky, and the Power of Myth | first=John | last=Holway | url= http://baseballguru.com/jholway/analysisjholway31.html |website=Baseball Guru | date= | accessdate=9 Oct 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Pesky held the ball' a part of BoSox lore | url= http://www.espn.com/mlb/fallclassic/news/story?id=1907568 |website=ESPN | date=22 Oct 2004| accessdate=9 Oct 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://archive.boston.com/sports/baseball/2012/08/13/red-sox-legend-johnny-pesky-dies/4FIyv55aZMCrkTUhkQTsTO/story.html| title=Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky dies| work=The Boston Globe | date=15 Aug 2012 | accessdate=11 Oct 2016}}</ref> In St. Louis, a statue depicting Slaughter sliding across home plate at the end of the play stands outside the current ballpark.<ref>{{cite web|title=Enos Slaughter | url= http://www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/statues/STUS_Slaughter_Enos.htm |website=The Sporting Statues Project | date= | accessdate=9 Oct 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Country" Slaughter hit .300 in 19-year career | url= http://www.espn.com/classic/obit/s/2002/0812/1416994.html |website=ESPN Classic | date=16 Aug 2002| accessdate=9 Oct 2016}}</ref> This play was named #10 on the [[Sporting News]] list of Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments | url= https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Baseball's_25_Greatest_Moments |website=Baseball Reference | date= | accessdate=9 Oct 2016}}</ref>
