#don larsen

Clarke Schmidt has been pitching very, very well!! He had 28.1 scoreless innings until Rooker from the A's hit a home run off of his 37th pitch of the game in the top of the 4th inning. Clarke started the 4th with only 28 pitches so far. He has two 7 pitch innings today!! He has the most success with breaking balls in the MLB. In his four starts in June so far, he's has a 1.03 ERA. His 28.1 scoreless streak is the longest since 1957-58 when Don Larsen pitched 29 scoreless innings. He was also the longest steak in a single season since 1951 when Allie Reynolds pitched 30 scoreless innings!! It's been a long time since a Yankees pitcher did this well!! Congratulations 🎊, Clarke!! Spectacular job pitching!!

Let's go, Yankees!!!!!

One of the many reasons that the 1920s through the 1950s was the "Golden Age" of New York is that it had three major league ballclubs, all fierce rivals. The Yankees were the emperors of the diamond, the Dodgers were the scrappy underdogs, the Giants were ... well, I'm not sure what they were.

A highlight (or lowlight, depending on your point of view) came on October 8, 1956, when the Dodgers, the 1955 World Champs, faced the Yanks in the World Series once again and were not only shut out, but had the only perfect game in Series history thrown against them by Don Larsen. The scoreboard tells the story. 27 up, 27 down. No hits, no walks, no errors. no runs.

October 8, 1956: New York Yankee Don Larsen would pitch the only perfect game in World Series history, with Yogi Berra catching in its entirety.

The great Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron has passed away at the age of 86. I cannot imagine the ignorance and stupidity that this man faced when he was chasing Babe Ruth’s home run record. It would have got the best of many a man. He handled it with class and dignity.

During 2020, I respectfully joked that the 2020 Memorial team was going to be hard to beat in the Heavenly World Series with the pitching staff that it formed with the loss of legends such as Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson Whitey Ford, Don Larsen and Phil Niekro.

Unfortunately, 22 days into 2021, Tommy Lasorda is starting to fill out his lineup card. He has his 3 hole hitter and a starting pitcher with the death of Don Sutton.

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OF Hank Aaron

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SP Don Sutton

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BASEBALL HUGS FOR @non-sum-qualis-eram AKA ELISE_51 AKA MY TWINSIE AND CO-AUTHOR OF THIS EPIC 

Baseball hug details below!!

1. Buster Posey hugs his pitcher MadBum after the Giants best the Royals in game 7 of the 2014 World Series at Kauffman. MIXED FEELINGS HERE. Not pictured, a heartbroken Alex Gordon stranded at third base. ⁣⁣

2. Yankees catcher Yogi Berra hugs Don Larsen In Game 5 of the 1956 World Series (vs Brooklyn Dodgers), after Larsen throws a perfect game, the only one ever in a World Series. ⁣⁣

3. Atlanta Braves catcher Javier Lopez jumps into the arms of closer Mark Wohlers after winning the World Series on Oct. 28, 1995 against the Cleveland Indians.⁣⁣

4. Our boy Salvy hugs Johnny Cueto after Cueto pitches a two-hitter during Game 2 of the World Series against the New York Mets in 2015. ⁣⁣

5. Atlanta Braves catcher Greg Dison jumps into the arms of Braves' pitcher John Smoltz as the Braves celebrate their division-clinching victory on Oct. 5, 1991⁣⁣

6. New York Mets' catcher Gary Carter leaps into the arms of pitcher Jesse Orosco as they celebrate the Mets victory in the National League Championship Series, Oct. 15, 1986 ⁣