Remembering Don Larsen and his perfect game
On Thursday morning, Jan. 2, I heard the news on my car radio. Don Larsen, the man who pitched the greatest and most notable game in the history of baseball, had passed away on New Year’s Day at the age of 90. A journeyman pitcher, Larsen captured lightning in a bottle on Oct. 8, 1956 when he threw the only perfect game in World Series history, as the New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0, in Yankee Stadium. His game turned the Series, giving the Yankees a 3-games-to-2 lead. He was named the Most Valuable Player.
“I never had control like that before or since,” he would tell Sports Illustrated, decades later. He only went to three balls to one hitter, Pee Wee Reese, and that was in
