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Louis Gerard, cameraman who captured iconic Series moment, dies

Louis Gerard in an undated handout photo courtesy

Photo credit: Courtesy Marsha Gerard Dooley | Louis Gerard in an undated handout photo courtesy of Marsha Gerard Dooley.

When Carlton Fisk was jumping and waving and using body English while attempting to get his long drive to leftfield to stay in fair territory in the 1975 World Series, it became the camera shot heard 'round the television industry for three-time Emmy Award-winning NBC cameraman Louis Gerard.

Gerard was stationed in Fenway Park's Green Monster and followed the reaction of the Red Sox hitter...

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