claim: the final pitch of don larsen's perfect game in the 1956 world series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."
author: george will
evidence_1: lawrence peter "yogi" berra (may 12, 1925 – september 22, 2015) was an american professional baseball catcher, who later took on the roles of manager, and coach. he played 19 seasons in major league baseball (mlb) (1946–63, 1965), all but the last for the new york yankees. he was an 18-time all-star, and won 10 ...
evidence_2: sep 23, 2015 ... the 1956 world series has always been remembered for the don larsen perfect game in game 5, perhaps because the game 7 rubber match vs. the brooklyn dodgers at ebbets field finished with an anticlimactic 9-0 final score. but if that game was one-sided, there was an all-time great to thank for it: ...
evidence_3: oct 13, 2010 ... there's the kirk gibson game and that astros-mets game from the '86 playoffs and don larsen's perfect game, and try convincing a 9-year-old kid from ... "vernon law, scheduled to pitch the first game of the world series for the pittsburgh pirates against the new york yankees next wednesday, underwent ...
evidence_4: jul 19, 2017 ... against the dodgers, however, the lefty didn't leave any doubt: he threw 72 of his 100 pitches for strikes and fanned seven to notch the 12th perfect game in big league history -- and the only one thrown against a team that would go on to win that year's world series. 17. charlie robertson, april 30, 1922.
evidence_5: jan 23, 2013 ... when don larsen threw a perfect game against brooklyn in the 1956 world series, the worst offensive player in the dodgers' lineup had the 129th-best on-base percentage in baseball that ... ellis taught humber a changeup and a sharp overhand curveball, putting him half a decade ahead of his peers.