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.

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.

Don’t mess this one up.’" Larsen has noted on many occasions how ... Larsen’s day on the mound would not have come without Yogi Berra rounding out the pitcher-catcher battery in Game 5.

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

Yogi Berra celebrates with Don Larsen after his perfect game on Oct. 8, 1956. (AP Photo, File) The good-natured debate persisted every time Berra saw Robinson’s widow, Rachel Robinson ...

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

“It was different with the Dodgers than it was with the Red Sox,” Yogi Berra told me in 2004 ... Yankee’s pitcher Don Larsen delivers a third-strike pitch to dodger pinch-hitter Dale ...

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 ...

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 ...