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

Don Larsen · Mark Shaw

Apr 2012 · Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

About this ebook

It was one perfect moment, one singular feat unparalleled in the half a century of baseball that followed. It was Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. In an age when nobody spat in anyone’s face, strikes were called only on the field, and New York was baseball’s battlefield, Don Larsen pitched the only no-hitter ever recorded in the World Series. Joe DiMaggio called it the best-pitched game he ever saw as a player or spectator. Yogi Berra said he felt like a kid on Christmas morning. And Mickey Mantle said, “For one day, Don Larsen was the greatest pitcher in baseball history.” 

Now readers can relive that moment of greatness in The Perfect Yankee. With a deft pen and an announcer’s enthusiasm, Larsen walks readers through each inning of that miraculous game. A must-read for any baseball fan. 

About the author

Don Larsen is an iconic figure from baseball s golden age. He began his pro baseball career by pitching for the St. Louis Browns in 1953 before joining the Yankees in 1955. On October 8, 1956, he pitched baseball s first postseason no-hitter during Game 5 of the World Series. His skills earned him the 1956 World Series MVP and Babe Ruth Award. He took home 2 more World Series rings in 1957 and 1958. Larsen retired from baseball in 1967. He lives in Lake Hayden, Idaho. Mark Shaw, the author of more than twenty books, was a criminal defense attorney before becoming a television legal analyst for Good Morning America. He went on to correctly predict the outcomes of both the Mike Tyson and O. J. Simpson trials for, among others, CNN, ABC, and ESPN. He wrote several columns analyzing the Tyson case for USA Today. In 2004, he analyzed the Kobe Bryant case for ESPN and USAToday.com. He lives in Superior, Colorado. Yogi Berra is the recipient of ten World Series rings, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and was named to the All-Century TEam. Married to the same woman for more than half a century he lives in Montclair, New Jersey.