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Remembering Don ‘Night Rider’, ‘Gooney Bird’ Larson,
whom we lost 1 year ago today.
First Yankee to win a WS MVP, as he pitched the only WS perfect game in 1956, he said it was the best control in his life, only two years before in 1954 he had a 3-21 record, continued...
whom we lost 1 year ago today.
First Yankee to win a WS MVP, as he pitched the only WS perfect game in 1956, he said it was the best control in his life, only two years before in 1954 he had a 3-21 record, continued...
Maybe he should have concentrated on hitting, but I guess we’re glad he didn’t!
Career hitting; 144h,25 double’s,5 triples, 14 hr, 72rbi, 242avg,
Holds record by a pitcher for going 7 hits in 7 consecutive at bats, smiling the whole time .
He was a hoot all the time
Career hitting; 144h,25 double’s,5 triples, 14 hr, 72rbi, 242avg,
Holds record by a pitcher for going 7 hits in 7 consecutive at bats, smiling the whole time .
He was a hoot all the time
Joe DiMaggio said Larson’s 1956 WS perfect game was the absolute best pitched game he’s ever seen, that’s saying a lot, DiMaggio had faced many great pitchers,
Larson had a few close calls in that perfect game,
The first a hard smash to 3rd off of Jackie Robinson
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Larson had a few close calls in that perfect game,
The first a hard smash to 3rd off of Jackie Robinson
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that nearly took his head off, it ricocheted off his glove
where the SS picked it up and threw the speedy Jackie Robinson out by barely a step, the next close call came when Mickey Mantle ran deep to LC, making a backhanded catch off the bat of Gil Hodges...
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where the SS picked it up and threw the speedy Jackie Robinson out by barely a step, the next close call came when Mickey Mantle ran deep to LC, making a backhanded catch off the bat of Gil Hodges...
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Then the next batter,Sandy Amoros hits a long drive into the right field bleachers, foul by less than a foot, before grounding out weakly to first.
The last close call came from 2 baseman Billy Martin backpedaling, tumbling to make the out... continued,
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The last close call came from 2 baseman Billy Martin backpedaling, tumbling to make the out... continued,
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