Without Yogi Berra, “I never would have made it,” Don Larsen says now of his famous perfect game, the only one in World Series history. Larsen, who is about to celebrate the 60th anniversary ...

In the fifth game of the 1956 World Series, after retiring the Brooklyn Dodgers in order for the seventh consecutive inning, With the no-hitter completed, Yogi Berra leaps into Don Larsen's arms.

Don’t mess this one up ... and one of baseball’s most signature moments ensued: Berra leaped into Larsen’s arms. "When Yogi jumped on me, I looked a little bit out of my eye while ...

Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the ... completing the perfect game and sending catcher Yogi Berra dashing out from behind the plate to leap into Larsen’s arms.

Larsen, 90, died Wednesday in hospice in Hayden, Idaho, of esophageal cancer, a party guy to the end who achieved baseball immortality that one sun-splashed autumn afternoon at Yankee Stadium ...

As a player, Yogi Berra carried a public image as a lovable ... Aside from catching Don Larsen's perfect game, he compiled a .360 average and knocked in 10 runs, both team highs.

The Yankees have won eight of the 11 matchups -- 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1977 and 1978 -- while the Dodgers won ...

Don Larsen was a mediocre pitcher at best ... Oct. 24, 2024 The lasting image of that afternoon in Yankee Stadium is catcher Yogi Berra leaping into Larsen’s arms and onto the front page ...

Bettmann/CORBIS They were on Oct. 8, 1956, when Don Larsen struck out Dale Mitchell to go 27-up, 27-down, still the only perfect game in World Series history. And of course Yogi had been there ...

Yankee pitcher Don Larsen’s perfect game. Game 7 was a disaster for the Dodgers. Don Newcombe gave up two two-run homers to Yogi Berra and a solo shot to Elston Howard. Bill Skowron hit a grand ...