Card of the Week

I chose Don Larsen as the card of the week this week. As a Yankee in the 1956 World Series, Larsen threw a perfect game, the only one in World Series History. It seems fitting because this year we have had 2 and 26/27th perfect games. Dallas Braden of the A's and Roy Halladay of the Phillies have thrown perfect games this past May. Armando Galarraga gets credit for a near perfect game. First Base Umpire Jim Joyce missed the call at first that would have been the 3rd out in the ninth for Galarraga's perfecto. It was amazing the class that was shown by everyone from the unfortunate event. It is obvious that a perfect game is more than great pitching. It is great fielding, good hitting by the pitcher's team and good umpiring. There are a lot of variables. Studying the stats, more perfect games are have been thrown in May than any other month. Maybe it is because the season is young, the hitters haven't seen the pitcher and the weather is just warming a little bit. The next month for most perfect games is July. So, who knows. I can see in my mind's eye the the famous shot of the end of the '56 World Series game with Yogi Berra running out to the mound and jumping up into Larsen's arms. You never know. I am going to go out on a limb and predict that there will be no more perfect games this year.