1956 world series perfect game don larsen

He was done as a full-time starter by the time he turned 31, and he appeared in just three more postseason contests after the perfect game -- none as a starter. In a sense, Larsen's career exposed one of the beautiful parts about baseball, and professional sports as a whole: anyone can have one shining moment that cements their place in history.

Larsen is best remembered for that perfect game and his time with the Yankees. And, while he spent five seasons with New York and recorded more appearances with them than any other franchise, he would pitch for six other organizations. In fact, Larsen began his career in with the St. Louis Browns, who then moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles the following season.

He was traded to the Yankees in November as part of a massive player trade that also netted New York Bob Turley. Larsen appeared just three times for the Cubs, with his final career outing coming on July 7, -- a month shy of his 38th birthday. One neat tidbit about Larsen's post-playing career is that he was in attendance when David Cone threw his perfect game against the Montreal Expos on July 18, The Yankees celebrated the career of Yogi Berra that day, and Larsen threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Berra prior to Cone taking the mound.

Although more than 20 years have passed, Cone's perfect game remains the most recent no-hitter in Yankees history. Jan 2, at am ET 4 min read. The Yankees issued a statement concerning Larsen's death. Here it is in whole: "We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Don Larsen, who remained a welcome and familiar face at our annual Old-Timers' Day celebrations in the decades following his playing career.

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How many teams in postseason? The view from the outfield seats. Also sitting in the outfield stands that day: future Yankees and Dodgers manager Joe Torre. The old Yankee Stadium scoreboard shows the linescore: no runs, no hits and no errors for the Dodgers, two runs, five hits and no errors for the Yankees.

Fans used to exit Yankee Stadium by way of the field, where they would pass by the three monuments—to former manager Miller Huggins, first baseman Lou Gehrig and, of course, Babe Ruth—that were actually on the field of play in front of the centerfield flagpole. The American flag on a beautiful early fall day in the Bronx. The game took and was attended by more than 64, fans.

He saved these slides for two shots of the scoreboard, two of the monuments the fans could then inspect as they filed out of Yankee Stadium via the field, and two more of Ed Sullivan signing those autographs.

Yet for all his failings, the anonymous fan with the new camera served history surprisingly well: His presence, and two of the pictures he took, help explain how on earth Larsen did it.

When the telecast was unearthed, historians were shocked to hear Mel Allen ask that a camera be trained on the stands in right-centerfield. The photographer also gives us what the professionals did not: the verdant green and smoky glare of the ballpark on a perfect October afternoon 60 years ago, a literal hazy new peek backward in time. Somewhere in that fuzzy distance of the stands is year old Joe Torre.

Somewhere in the almost imperceptible press box is year old Vin Scully, calling the action alongside Allen. And this is to say nothing of the hope our fan-with-camera gave us that somewhere there is another small box full of color pictures taken by another fan in that crowd—hopefully one who had better seats.

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