Oct 8, 2026 · 59 min · 26 segments
Thank you so much for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating 15 years broadcasting on the internet. On Thursday’s show, we visit with Albanian commentator Ruel Domi about his life in Albania…
Michael CannonGuest
Ruel DomiGuest
Maggie AndersGuest
Ryan YoungGuestIt is October the 8th, and on this day in 1956, Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw the only perfect game in World S- Series history.
"I was so happy, I felt like crying," he told reporters after the d- two to nothing win in the game five over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
By 1956, Larsen had pitched for three teams in four seasons, the low point being his three and 21 one loss record with the lowly Baltimore Orioles in '54.
Although he settled down in New York, he was a combined 20 and seven in '55 and '56.
In the second inning at Ebbets Field, the Dodgers knocked Larsen from the game in their 13 to eight win.
Larsen didn't know he would start game five three days later until he found a fresh baseball in one of his cleats in the locker room, and that was Yankee manager Casey Stengel's way of telling a pitcher that he was...
"I went up to the third base coach, Ed, uh, Frankie Crosetti, and I said, 'Who's pitching today?'" uh, Yankees right fielder Hank Bauer recalled in the 20- 2003 documentary, 100 Years After the World Series.
He said, "Larsen." I said, "Oh, God, Larsen." Over two hours and six minutes and 97 pitches, Larsen retired all 27 batters.
On a one to two pitch, he struck out Dale Mitchell, uh, to end the game and catcher Yogi Berra raced towards Larsen, jumping into his arms.
Larsen's perfect game was the only postseason no-hitter until 2010 when Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies no-hit the Cincinnati Reds in game one of the National League, uh, division series.
Larsen pitched 14 seasons in the big leagues, finishing his career in '67 with a 81 and 91 record.
[clears throat] It was a perfect game, but, uh, there's, uh, quite a story behind it.
And, uh, Lou Paper wrote a book called Perf- uh, wrote a, a book called Perfect, about Larsen's perfect game.
And it's anything but in many ways a lot of interesting facts and figures and details about how the game was played.
Uh, hope you'll take a l- if you're a baseball fanatic and enjoy baseball, uh, Lou Perfect, the name of the book is, uh...
It is October the 8th, and on this day in 1956, Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw the only perfect game in World S- Series history.
"I was so happy, I felt like crying," he told reporters after the d- two to nothing win in the game five over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
By 1956, Larsen had pitched for three teams in four seasons, the low point being his three and 21 one loss record with the lowly Baltimore Orioles in '54.
Although he settled down in New York, he was a combined 20 and seven in '55 and '56.
In the second inning at Ebbets Field, the Dodgers knocked Larsen from the game in their 13 to eight win.
Larsen didn't know he would start game five three days later until he found a fresh baseball in one of his cleats in the locker room, and that was Yankee manager Casey Stengel's way of telling a pitcher that he was...
"I went up to the third base coach, Ed, uh, Frankie Crosetti, and I said, 'Who's pitching today?'" uh, Yankees right fielder Hank Bauer recalled in the 20- 2003 documentary, 100 Years After the World Series.
He said, "Larsen." I said, "Oh, God, Larsen." Over two hours and six minutes and 97 pitches, Larsen retired all 27 batters.
On a one to two pitch, he struck out Dale Mitchell, uh, to end the game and catcher Yogi Berra raced towards Larsen, jumping into his arms.
Larsen's perfect game was the only postseason no-hitter until 2010 when Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies no-hit the Cincinnati Reds in game one of the National League, uh, division series.
Larsen pitched 14 seasons in the big leagues, finishing his career in '67 with a 81 and 91 record.
[clears throat] It was a perfect game, but, uh, there's, uh, quite a story behind it.
And, uh, Lou Paper wrote a book called Perf- uh, wrote a, a book called Perfect, about Larsen's perfect game.
And it's anything but in many ways a lot of interesting facts and figures and details about how the game was played.
Uh, hope you'll take a l- if you're a baseball fanatic and enjoy baseball, uh, Lou Perfect, the name of the book is, uh...
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