The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle in Baseball History - Softcover

Larsen, Don; Shaw, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159670215X ISBN 13: 9781596702158

Publisher: Sports Pub, 2006

Synopsis

By all accounts, the perfect game pitched by New York Yankee right-hander Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series qualifies as a true miracle. No one knows why it happened, or why an unlikely baseball player such as Don Larsen was the one who tossed it. In The Perfect Yankee, Larsen and co-author Mark Shaw describe for the first time the facts surrounding one of the most famous games in baseball history.

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From the Author:

Don Larsen pitched the greatest game in baseball history.
Collaborating with Don Larsen on this book was the experience of a lifetime. His no-hit, perfect game performance in the Fifth Game of the 1956 World Series stands alone as one of the great miracles in sports history. Mowing down the Brooklyn Dodgers like little leaguers, Larsen,a comic book lover who was nicknamed Gooney Bird, proved that anything is possible if one never quits believing in themselves.

Synopsis:

By all accounts, the no-hit, perfect game pitched by New York Yankee right-hander Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series qualifies as a true miracle. No one knows why it happened, or why an unlikely baseball player like Don Larsen was chosen to perform it. In this book, Larsen and co-author Mark Shaw describes for the first time the facts surrounding one of the most famous games in baseball history. Larsen, who compiled an ordinary career record of 81 wins and 91 losses, probably shouldn't have even been the starting pitcher that October 8 afternoon...especially against the Hall of Fame lineup of the defending championship Brooklyn Dodgers. Ninety-seven pitches later, Larsen had firmly entrenched himself as a part of the lore that only the game of baseball can produce. His feat ranks with the great underdog efforts of all time.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sports Pub
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 159670215X
• ISBN 13: 9781596702158
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232