The Perfect Yankee

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.

Acknowledgments

v

(3)

Foreword

viii

(3)

Author's note

xi

(4)

Introduction

xv

(6)

Prologue

xxi

1 The 1956 Dodgers

1

(6)

2 The 1956 Yankees

7

(12)

3 1956 World Series

19

(8)

4 Getting Ready for a Miracle

27

(10)

5 Inning #1

37

(8)

6 Inning #2

45

(6)

7 Inning #2--Yankees

51

(6)

8 Inning #3

57

(6)

9 Inning #4--Dodgers

63

(6)

10 Inning #4-Yankees

69

(8)

11 Gooney Bird

77

(14)

12 Yankee Pinstripes

91

(12)

13 Inning #5

103

(12)

14 The Perfect Game Club

115

(16)

15 Inning #6--Dodgers

131

(6)

16 Inning #6--Yankees

137

(6)

17 The Men in Blue

143

(10)

18 Inning #7--Dodgers

153

(6)

19 Inning #7--Yankees

159

(6)

20 Inning #8--Dodgers

165

(8)

21 Inning #8--Yankees

173

(4)

22 The Miracle Ninth

177

(14)

23 Pandemonium

191

(16)

24 The 9th of October

207

(10)

25 Epilogue

217

(16)

Postscript

233

(10)

Appendices

243

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