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Perfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made It Happen
by
Lew Paper
Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers remains the only no-hit game in World Series history and was described by The New York Times as "the greatest moment" in World Series history.
Drawing upon oral histories, contemporaneous articles, and dozens of interviews with commentators and players (inclu...more
Drawing upon oral histories, contemporaneous articles, and dozens of interviews with commentators and players (inclu...more
Hardcover, 432 pages
Published
September 29th 2009
by NAL Hardcover
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It's difficult, I think, to write a baseball book about the 1956 Dodgers and Yankees because so many of their names and histories are familiar: Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Pee Wee Reese, Yogi Berra and more. Lew Paper manages it by framing biographies of the players within Don Larsen's perfect game, the first perfect game thrown in a World Series. Along the way, he manages to emphasize the roles of expert fielding and Sal Maglie's pitching in the drama of that game. By looking at all the ...more
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I gave this book three stars, but to someone reading their first baseball book I might see this as a higher rating. It wasn't bad, but I felt the problem with this book is it often strayed too far from the main topic--Don Larsen's perfect game. It seemed the bulk of the book wasn't about Larsen, Berra or the actual game, but it went back in time to tell stories about Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Gil Hodges etc.
For someone reading their first baseball book, the stories on Mantle g...more
For someone reading their first baseball book, the stories on Mantle g...more
An interesting look at the players involved in Don Larsen's 1956 World Series perfect game. Lew Paper's format is to use each half-inning to focus on one of the 19 players involved in the game, which has its pros and cons. On the upside, many of these players' lives are not covered in depth in any other book; on the downside, the format by nature means short shrift is given to Larsen - it cannot be said the book is about him - and of course the biographies of men such as Mickey Mantle or Jackie ...more
The great Brooklyn-Yankee rivalry of the 1950s is the backdrop for the story of Don Larson's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Paper takes us through the game and provides mini-biographies of each of the players.
Some of the stories are quite familiar to fans of those teams, but there is plenty of history about each player that will be unknown to most. It helps to appreciate this book if you happen to be an older baseball fan from the New York area.
This is a nice choi...more
Some of the stories are quite familiar to fans of those teams, but there is plenty of history about each player that will be unknown to most. It helps to appreciate this book if you happen to be an older baseball fan from the New York area.
This is a nice choi...more
Well, it wasn't what I thought it was when I bought it. It really isn't about Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. It is a mini-biography of each of the participants in the game. There is a limited play by play of the game itself but there isn't any background to it.
My favorite part of the book was the Aftermath chapter which discussed the lives of the particpants from 1957 till many of them passed away. It made it more real. We tend to make the baseball heroes ...more
My favorite part of the book was the Aftermath chapter which discussed the lives of the particpants from 1957 till many of them passed away. It made it more real. We tend to make the baseball heroes ...more
This is a must read for any baseball fan - even if you have already read any of the many books and articles on this subject. It is told chapter by inning, with each chapter/inning beginning and ending with the situation set up and result, with the bulk of the chapter given to a short biography of many of the major players.
Totally refreshing!
Totally refreshing!
Really fascinating account, more of the men involved in Don Larsen's perfect game than the game itself. The book does a great job showing how baseball players in the 1950s made their way to the majors and survived once they got there.
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