Celebrating 60: Before perfect game in pinstripes, Don Larsen was an original Oriole in 1954

Celebrating 60: Before perfect game in pinstripes, Don Larsen was an original Oriole in 1954
Don Larsen was a no-name pitcher who became a baseball legend when he pitched a perfect game for the New York Yankees in their 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series in Yankee Stadium. The game is remembered with an iconic picture of Yankees catcher Yogi Berra jumping Larsen's arms after the game's final out. Larsen, 84, and now living in Idaho, is the only pitcher to throw a perfecto in the World Series. But in the days before he was a Yankee, he played for...
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