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2 days ago · Berra's Yankee teammate Don Larsen, who pitched the only perfect game in World Series history and was the only surviving member of the 1956 game at the time of Berra's death, died on January 1, 2020. "Yogi-isms" Berra in 2007
Jun 24, 2024 · QUINCY — For men of a certain age — I was born 10 days before Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history — the death of Willie Mays means another link to our youth is gone. Baseball was the national pastime for kids growing up in the 1960s.
Jun 24, 2024 · The perfect game thrown by Don Larsen in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series is the only postseason perfect game in major league history and one of only three postseason no-hitters. The first two major league perfect games, and the only two of the premodern era, were thrown in 1880, five days apart.
Jun 17, 2024 · For example, Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series is still remembered as one of the greatest feats in baseball history. A perfect game is when a pitcher doesn't allow any opposing player to reach base, and Larsen achieved this on the grandest stage of all, the World Series.
4 days ago · The Subway Series is a series of Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry games played between the teams based in New York City. Currently, the series is contested by the Yankees and the Mets. Previously, the series applied to the Giants and Dodgers as well, before they moved out of New York City.
Jun 27, 2024 · Twenty years ago, during the final year of Mayor Don Larsen’s term as mayor, Richfield Village purchased and razed four small buildings at the intersection of routes 303 and 176, with the hope of turning the corner into a public gathering space.
Jun 26, 2024 · Don Larsen threw a perfect game in the World Series. Whenever a pitcher steps onto the mound, they want to get every batter they face out. While doing this is incredibly rare, it has happened in the MLB.
