Larsen, who threw only perfect World Series game, dies at 90
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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 1956, file photo, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen signs a baseball for Brooklyn Dodgers manager Walter O'Malley in the dressing room after Larsen pitched a perfect game against the Dodgers during Game 5 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium in New York. Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory in 1956 for the Yankees when he threw a perfect game and the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 90. (AP Photo/File)FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2008, file photo, Former New York Yankees picher Don Larsen tips his hat to fans during introduction ceremonies before an old-timers baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York. Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory in 1956 for the Yankees when he threw a perfect game and the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 90. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File)FILE - In this March 1956 file photo, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen poses for a photo during baseball spring training in St. Petersburg, Fla. Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory in 1956 for the Yankees when he threw a perfect game and the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 90. (AP Photo, File)FILE - In this Oct. 8, 1956, file photo, New York Yankees' Don Larsen delivers a pitch in the fourth inning of Game 5 against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the baseball World Series en route to the first World Series perfect game. The Yankees won 2-0 and went on to win the series. Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory in 1956 for the Yankees when he threw a perfect game and the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 90. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 1956, file photo, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen signs a baseball for Brooklyn Dodgers manager Walter O'Malley in the dressing room after Larsen pitched a perfect game against the Dodgers during Game 5 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium in New York. Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory in 1956 for the Yankees when he threw a perfect game and the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday night, Jan. 1, 2020. He was 90. (AP Photo/File)
