This has literally been bugging me for years.

My earliest baseball memory, and possibly my first exposure to baseball ever,  was a game I saw on TV when I was very young.  It was probably in the late 60's or early 70's (yeah, probably before most of you young whippersnappers were born!). 

For some reason I think it took place during a pennant chase or even in the post-season since I got the impression it was a very important game.   My memory is fuzzy but I vividly recall some details.

The game ended when the centerfielder (?) climbed the outfield wall, reached over the fence, and robbed the hitter of a homerun, then threw the ball back to the infield to double up the baserunner who was either tagging up to 3rd or trying to get back to 2nd.  Now here are some other details... I didn't realize it until I learned baseball better, but I now believe the runner who was thrown out was a pitcher because he was wearing a warmup jacket on the bases.  And he must have been a pitcher who was in the game, as opposed to a pinchrunner, precisely because he was wearing the jacket.  The color of the jacket leads me to believe the team at bat was the Orioles.  I am not so certain about the team in the field, although I do recall lighter colored uniforms and for some reason I seem to think it could be the Yankees or Tigers.   I cannot picture the details of the stadium but I do recall that the wall must have been at least 8 ft high, since in making the catch, the outfielder ran back and jumped onto the wall with his right leg and simultaneouly grabbed the top of the wall and propelled himself way over the wall to make the catch.

In the days before the internet, I actually wrote to some sports publications hoping they could help me identify the details of the game, but to no avail.  So now I will try again.  Does anyone out there know which game I am describing?

I am not going to undergo regression hypnosis or seek out a oracle, and I am definitely not going to buy farmland in the central valley in order to mow it down to build a ballpark so they will come and replay the game.  But it would be nice to know since it really made an impression on me... much to the chagrin of my parents I  spent many afternoons reenacting that final play using the walls of our house as the outfield fence... and I have become a lifelong baseball fan.