This Saturday, October 8, marks the 60th anniversary of what is arguably the single greatest performance in baseball history. Simply put, it was perfection. It was in the fifth game of the 1956 World Series between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers that Don Larsen faced the minimum 27 batters. 27 up, 27 down. A perfect game. The only perfect game in post-season history. (Until the Philadelphia Phillies’ Roy Halladay threw a no-hitter during the 2010 playoffs it was also the only no-hitter in post-season history.)
There have been singular magnificent feats in baseball, but none has had the magnitude of Larsen’s perfection.