Now a paper company sales rep, he pitched only perfect game in World Series history
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Sports - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Lemans 24 hours A Renault won the 1st of these annual French races at Le ... three consecutive home runs in the clinching game of the 1977 World Series. ... Don Larsen, Now a paper company sales rep, he pitched only perfect game in...
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List of Major League Baseball perfect games - Wikipedia  Over the 140 years of Major League Baseball history, and over 210,000 games played, there have been 23 official perfect games by current definition. No pitcher has ever thrown more than one. The perfect game thrown by Don Larsen in game 5 of the 1956 World Series ... He played professional baseball for six years and pitched full-time for only...
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Don Larsen - Wikipedia  Donald James Larsen (born August 7, 1929) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. During a 15-year MLB career, he pitched in 195367 for seven different ... It is currently the only no-hitter or perfect game in World Series history and is one of only two no hitters in MLB ..... Paper, Lew (2009). Perfect:...
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Don Larsen is perfect in World Series - Oct 08, 1956 - HISTORY.com  Larsen was an uneven pitcher, and before the 1956 championship he was mostly ... After he retired, he worked for 24 years as a salesman for a San Jose paper company. His perfect game is still the only one in World Series history. ... village of Unadilla on the Susquehanna River in what is now Otsego County, New York,...
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J! Archive - Show #110, aired 1985-02-08  Eddie Gaedel, number 1/8th, was the only one ever to play in the Major Leagues ... Now a paper company sales rep, he pitched only perfect game in World...
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Forbes Field - Wikipedia  Pittsburgh's third and final World Series championship while they played at Forbes Field came in 1960. Bill Mazeroski hit the first home run to end a World Series...
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List of Major League Baseball perfect games - Wikipedia  Over the 140 years of Major League Baseball history, and over 210,000 games played, there have been 23 official perfect games by current definition. No pitcher has ever thrown more than one. The perfect game thrown by Don Larsen in game 5 of the 1956 World Series ..... Larsen did not know he would pitch in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series until...
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: The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times  In his prime he was the best pitcher in baseball, and arguably the best either of all ... Victory in Europe came less than six months later; the conquering of Japan a few ..... an autobiographical review of his 1969 World Series victory over Baltimore, ...... But assuredly if Tom Terrific had not signed with the Mets, the miracle of...
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11th, breaking a tie with Kevin Elster (1989) and Ed ... - Meet the Mess  Carlos Beltran has scored at least once in 12 consecutive games, a Mets record ... Oliver Perez was the opening day pitcher for Pittsburgh each of the last two seasons ... Delgado's 400th homer moved him past Al Kaline and Andres Galarraga into ... road, tying him with Howard Johnson for New York's single-season record.
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George Steinbrenner: The Boss You Would Have Wanted for Your ...  Jul 13, 2010 ... Prior to his ban from baseball in the 1990's, some may say his ... win is what let his players know he would do whatever it took to get the job done. ... Under George's ownership, the Yankees won 7 World Series and ... percentage of any sports team since 1973 when he bought the team ... A mere $10 million.
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Cy Young throws perfect game - May 05, 1904 - HISTORY.com  On May 5, 1904, Boston Red Sox pitcher Cy Young throws a perfect game against the ... This was the first perfect game of the modern era; the last had been thrown by John ... the pitching Triple Crown with 33 wins, 158 strikeouts and a 1.62 ERA. ... In his 22 seasons in the major leagues, he threw 749 complete games, 110...
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Joe Torre | Society for American Baseball Research  That first World Series in 1996 was the beginning of a streak of 14 consecutive trips (12 with the Yankees and two with the Dodgers) to the postseason for Joe Torre. ... Torre's sandlot team, the Cadets, were managed by Jim McElroy, and played .... One of those homers, against the Giants' Juan Marichal on August 22, 1963...
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This Date In Baseball - MLB - ESPN - ESPN.com  Jun 18, 2009 ... 1916 -- Rube Foster of the Red Sox pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the ... Phillies pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets on Father's Day. ... Larish's record-tying third homer tied it in the bottom of the ninth, and ... 2006 -- Jose Reyes hit for the cycle in the New York Mets' 6-5 loss to Cincinnati.
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10-18-1977 - The New York Times  October 18, 1977 NEW YORK-With Reggie Jackson hitting three home runs in ... home runs on the first pitches off three pitchers, and he became the only man in ... home run in the sixth and final game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium.
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2cnd 99 Answers - Baseball Roundtable  Campaneris ended the 1960 season with 62 steals  and led the AL in steals .... Don Larsen, who threw the only World Series perfect game (for the Yankees) in ... On May 8, Catfish Hunter of the A's tossed a perfect game against the Twins (in Oakland). ... Name the only pitcher to hit two home runs while throwing a no-hitter.
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Top 99 Trivia Answers - Baseball Roundtable  9 homers in a 22-3 win over the Phillies September 4, 1999. 12. ... Juan Marichal was the starting pitcher in Major League Baseball's only .... on to an 8-season Major League baseball career (1958-67) for the Indians, Red Sox, Colt .45s and Twins. .... In 1968, an NL hurler tossed a still record six consecutive complete game...
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Early Career . Reagan . WGBH American Experience | PBS  His flawless recitations were based solely on telegraph accounts of games in progress. ... as George Gipp, who implored Knute Rockne to "win just one for the Gipper. ... Reagan landed a job as a radio announcer at WOC in Davenport, Iowa and ... he delivered "play-by-play broadcasts" of Chicago Cubs baseball games he...
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Don Larsen's perfect game - Wikipedia  On October 8, 1956, in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Larsen's perfect game is the only perfect game in the history of the World ... His perfect game remained the only no-hitter of any type ever pitched in postseason play until...
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Red Sox History: Cy Young's 1904 perfect game - Over the Monster  Apr 8, 2016 ... On May 10th, 1904, the first perfect game in Major League history was thrown. ... Ward, who accomplished their feats within five days of one another. ... As it were, Waddell proceeded to give up at least one hit to every Boston batter ... career games he started, and has the most prestigious pitching award in...
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Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game - Wikipedia  In a Major League Baseball game played on June 2, 2010, at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga nearly became the 21st pitcher in Major League history to throw a perfect game. Facing the Cleveland Indians, Galarraga retired the first 26 batters he faced, ... Detroit scored a run on a second-inning solo home run by Miguel Cabrera.
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Don Larsen - Wikipedia  Donald James Larsen (born August 7, 1929) is an American former Major League Baseball ... It is currently the only no-hitter or perfect game in World Series history and is one of only two no hitters in MLB .... He started the seventh game of the Series, lasting 2 13 innings in a 50 loss as the Braves won the Series. Larsen...