That Don Larsen threw his World Series perfect game. Holy cow, as Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto — who did not appear in that game — might say, they haven’t even finished the Division Series yet.
Books about this singular event include:
- The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle in Baseball History, by Larsen and Mark Shaw
- Perfect: Don Larsen’s Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made It Happen, by Lew Paper
- Perfect Game, Imperfect Lives: A Memoir Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Don Larsen’s Perfect Game, by Albert A. Bell Jr.
- Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me, by Phillip Hoose
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