Tuesday Nite TRIVIA.....

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Thanks for posting this weeks trivia question Ted. That card reminds me of the time I got shithouse drunk with Mr Larsen at a bar one night.

Hi Phil

Circa 2004.....I met Don Larsen in Cooperstown on HOF weekend. He was set-up at a store front on Main Street signing things. We talked for quite a while
about the events of that magic day in October of 1956. While he signed a few items for me, we reminisced about the two great defensive plays that saved
the no-hitter. There was a sparkle in Don's blue eyes when he recalled the heads-up play by Gil McDougald at Shortstop retrieving the ball off Andy Carey's
mis-Q of a line drive off the bat of Jackie Robinson. Gil rifled it to 1st base to get Jackie out by a step. We talked about Mickey Mantle's great running catch
of Gil Hodges 440-foot drive into "death valley" (left-center field). I found Don to be a very humble guy. He said "the Dodgers made it easy for me, I threw
only 97 pitches".

I told Don..."I watched the entire game on our TV. It was the only day I played hooky from school back in the 1950's ?"

When I was leaving, Don said...."I don't believe you ?"

I stopped and asked him about what ?

Don said...."I don't believe that Oct 8th 1956 was the only day you played hooky from school". We parted laughing.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Mark17]

Originally Posted by tedzan

We talked about Mickey Mantle's great running catch
of Gil Hodges 440-foot drive into "death valley" (left-center field).

There was a third Yankee who helped save that perfecto. The oldest man in uniform that day. Listen carefully right after Hodges is announced, at about the 28 second mark:

http://vendiamo.com/Miley/Stengel_Mantle.mp3

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Mark17

There was a third Yankee who helped save that perfecto. The oldest man in uniform that day. Listen carefully right after Hodges is announced, at about the 28 second mark:

http://vendiamo.com/Miley/Stengel_Mantle.mp3

Thanks Mark for the audio.....gee, does it bring back memories.

Also, I do recall in my conversation with Don Larsen that he mentioned Casey Stengel telling Mantle to move over from CF a little towards Left Field when Gil Hodges came to bat.

It doesn't get any better in BB than that Perfect game.

Incidentally, have you read the book "PERFECT", by Lew Paper. It is excellently written, in that he devotes 18 chapters to the history of each ballplayer in this game (Dodgers and Yankees).

One story I especially like is regarding Duke Snider, who was a great all-around athlete in Compton (CA) High School. The Duke almost chose an NFL career. A great commentary
by Pete Rozelle (Snider's classmate).


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Peter_Spaeth]

It's great to hear audio from those days. There's nothing better in baseball, IMO, than Russ Hodges' call of the Thompson home run.