Perfect
Author: Paper, Lew
ISBN: 9780451231239
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 05 Oct 2010
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"i>Perfect/i>captures our hearts as it carries us back to the golden age of baseball and the more innocent world of the 1950s."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author of/b>i>b>The Bully Pulpit/b>/i>br>br> On October 8, 1956, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen took the mound for game five of the World Series against the rival Brooklyn Dodgers. In an improbable performance that thei>New York Times/i>called "the greatest moment in the history of the Fall Classic," Larsen, an otherwise mediocre journeyman pitcher, retired twenty-seven straight Dodger batters to clinch a perfect game and, to date, the only World Series no-hitter ever witnessed in major league baseball. Here, Lew Paper delivers a masterful pitch-by-pitch account of that fateful day and the extraordinary lives of the players on the field-seven of whom would later be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Meticulously researched and relying on dozens of interviews, Paper's gripping narrative recreates Larsen's feat in a pitching duel that featured legendary figures such as Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Yogi Berra, and Roy Campanella.br>br> More than just the story of a single game,i>Perfect/i>is a window into baseball's glorious past.BR>BR>b>"i>Perfect/i>captures our hearts as it carries us back to the golden age of baseball and the more innocent world of the 1950s."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author of/b>i>b>The Bully Pulpit/b>/i>br>br> On October 8, 1956, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen took the mound for game five of the World Series against the rival Brooklyn Dodgers. In an improbable performance that thei>New York Times/i>called "the greatest moment in the history of the Fall Classic," Larsen, an otherwise mediocre journeyman pitcher, retired twenty-seven straight Dodger batters to clinch a perfect game and, to date, the only World Series no-hitter ever witnessed in major league baseball. Here, Lew Paper delivers a masterful pitch-by-pitch account of that fateful day and the extraordinary lives of the players on the field-seven of whom would later be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Meticulously researched and relying on dozens of interviews, Paper's gripping narrative recreates Larsen's feat in a pitching duel that featured legendary figures such as Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Yogi Berra, and Roy Campanella.br>br> More than just the story of a single game,i>Perfect/i>is a window into baseball's glorious past.
ISBN: 9780451231239
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 05 Oct 2010
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"i>Perfect/i>captures our hearts as it carries us back to the golden age of baseball and the more innocent world of the 1950s."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author of/b>i>b>The Bully Pulpit/b>/i>br>br> On October 8, 1956, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen took the mound for game five of the World Series against the rival Brooklyn Dodgers. In an improbable performance that thei>New York Times/i>called "the greatest moment in the history of the Fall Classic," Larsen, an otherwise mediocre journeyman pitcher, retired twenty-seven straight Dodger batters to clinch a perfect game and, to date, the only World Series no-hitter ever witnessed in major league baseball. Here, Lew Paper delivers a masterful pitch-by-pitch account of that fateful day and the extraordinary lives of the players on the field-seven of whom would later be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Meticulously researched and relying on dozens of interviews, Paper's gripping narrative recreates Larsen's feat in a pitching duel that featured legendary figures such as Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Yogi Berra, and Roy Campanella.br>br> More than just the story of a single game,i>Perfect/i>is a window into baseball's glorious past.BR>BR>b>"i>Perfect/i>captures our hearts as it carries us back to the golden age of baseball and the more innocent world of the 1950s."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author of/b>i>b>The Bully Pulpit/b>/i>br>br> On October 8, 1956, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen took the mound for game five of the World Series against the rival Brooklyn Dodgers. In an improbable performance that thei>New York Times/i>called "the greatest moment in the history of the Fall Classic," Larsen, an otherwise mediocre journeyman pitcher, retired twenty-seven straight Dodger batters to clinch a perfect game and, to date, the only World Series no-hitter ever witnessed in major league baseball. Here, Lew Paper delivers a masterful pitch-by-pitch account of that fateful day and the extraordinary lives of the players on the field-seven of whom would later be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Meticulously researched and relying on dozens of interviews, Paper's gripping narrative recreates Larsen's feat in a pitching duel that featured legendary figures such as Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Yogi Berra, and Roy Campanella.br>br> More than just the story of a single game,i>Perfect/i>is a window into baseball's glorious past.
