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

Larsen, Don with Mark Shaw

ISBN 10: 1582613362 / ISBN 13: 9781582613369

Published by Sagamore Publishing / Sports Publishing, Champaign, Illinois, 2001

About this Item

Signed by the author on the title page: "Don Larsen / 10-8-56." The date of course is when he pitched his perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers during the World Series, a feat still unmatched; Larsen died at age 90 in 2020. The book is square and unmarked; spine and wraps uncreased; an "Autographed Copy" sticker on the front wrap; Mylar protected.

Seller Inventory # 014317

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle in Baseball History
• Publisher: Sagamore Publishing / Sports Publishing, Champaign, Illinois
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582613362
• ISBN 13: 9781582613369
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Yankees or Red Sox?

About this title

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.

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.