01-03-2020, 09:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-03-2020, 09:26 AM by SpokaneLee.)
(01-02-2020, 02:18 PM)BobK Wrote: The pride of Morgan Hill. Pitched a no hitter in the 1956 World Series striking
Out Dale Mitchell to end the game
What do you know about him residing in Morgan Hill? I googled his name and “Morgan Hill” and found this as an excerpt from the book, The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle in Baseball ...
“For verifiable feats, and sticking with ballplayers who retired to local communities, Don Larsen springs to mind. The Yankees pitcher tossed the only perfect game – in fact, the only no-hitter of any type – in World Series history, when he sent 27 straight Brooklyn Dodgers back to their dugout with reaching base in Game 5 of the 1956 edition.
Larsen, born in Michigan City, Ind., retired to San Martin after a 14-year Major League career with eight teams – including a 1962-1964 with the San Francisco Giants.”
Hey, Bobk, it’s Larsen with the “e”. He died in Hayden Lake, Idaho, just over the border from Spokane. I just saw this pretty good human interest story about him in the Spokesman Review:
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/j...transplan/