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On October 8, 1956, I pitched the most famous game in baseball\u2014a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series.<\/p>\n

Twenty-seven batters up, twenty-seven down, the only perfect game in Series history.<\/p>\n

What few people realize is, just my pitching that game was a miracle.<\/p>\n

Five days earlier I had started Game 2 of the World Series and gotten pounded. My New York Yankees teammates had staked me to a 6-0 lead, and in less than two innings I squandered most of it. I thought Yankees manager Casey Stengel would never trust me with the ball again.<\/p>\n

It was my turn to pitch, but I was so certain he\u2019d go with someone else that I didn\u2019t even prepare like I normally did. I could hardly believe it when I entered the clubhouse and saw a crisp, clean baseball sitting in a baseball shoe in my locker. That was Stengel\u2019s way of letting me know I\u2019d be pitching after all.<\/p>\n

Right from the start, I knew this game was going to be special. That day I had the kind of control pitchers dream about, better than I\u2019d ever had before. Catcher Yogi Berra<\/a> would signal for a fastball low on the outside corner, and I\u2019d put it right on the mark, like I was handing him the ball.<\/p>\n

I still can\u2019t explain it. It was just one of those days. I believe everyone is entitled to a good day, and the Man Upstairs decided this was mine.<\/p>\n

For most of the game, I wasn\u2019t even thinking of throwing a no-hitter. I was just trying to win. Sal Maglie, the Dodgers pitcher, was throwing almost as well as me. He didn\u2019t allow a hit till the fourth inning, when Mickey Mantle<\/a> clubbed a solo home run. We scored just once more.<\/p>\n

Three times my no-hitter almost slipped away. In the second inning, Jackie Robinson<\/a> hit a liner that ricocheted off third baseman Andy Carey\u2019s glove directly to shortstop Gil McDougald, who threw Robinson out at first base.<\/p>\n

In the fifth inning Gil Hodges lashed a ball to the left-centerfield gap. Mantle sprinted after the ball. I held my breath. He made a great backhanded catch. Saved me again<\/em>, I thought. Three innings later Dodgers leftfielder Sandy Amoros drove a ball out of the park\u2014just foul.<\/p>\n

The first time I allowed myself to think about a no-hitter was the seventh inning, as I walked off the field after retiring the side. Mantle jogged past me. \u201cHey, Mick,\u201d I said, turning to the scoreboard. \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be something if I could do it?\u201d Mantle didn\u2019t say a word.<\/p>\n

Mantle\u2019s reaction wasn\u2019t surprising. Ballplayers are superstitious, especially about no-hitters. Nobody wants to cast a jinx. I took my seat in the dugout. No one would sit near me. No one said a word. It made me so nervous I walked to the tunnel leading from the dugout to the clubhouse and had a smoke, hoping it would calm me. It didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

By the ninth inning, the tension was almost too much. I got the Dodgers\u2019 first batter, Carl Furillo, to fly out to left. The next batter, Roy Campanella, grounded out to second.<\/p>\n

I took a deep breath. One out to go<\/em>. Pinch hitter Dale Mitchell stepped to the plate. Mitchell, a good hitter, rarely struck out. Trying to gather myself, I turned and stared out at centerfield. Oh Lord, get me through one more<\/em>, I prayed.<\/p>\n

My first pitch to Mitchell was a fastball. Low. Ball one. I fired two strikes, then another ball. Mitchell fouled off the next pitch. With the count 2-2, Yogi signaled for another fastball. I threw it high in the strike zone. Mitchell took a half swing\u2014and the ump called him out.<\/p>\n

I remember thinking, Thanks, Lord, you got me through it.<\/em> Then Yogi raced from behind the plate and jumped in my arms. My mind went blank after that.<\/p>\n

At that point I didn\u2019t realize I\u2019d thrown a perfect game. In the clubhouse afterward, a reporter approached Stengel. \u201cIs that the best game Larsen has pitched?\u201d he asked. \u201cSo far,\u201d Casey answered.<\/p>\n

I never had that kind of magical game again. But those nine innings changed my life. It gave me my identity. Not a day goes by that I don\u2019t wonder, Why me? <\/em>because in my career I lost more major league games than I won.<\/p>\n

But over the years, this is what I\u2019ve come to believe: If you try your hardest, if you never give up, if you live an honorable and humble life, sometimes the Lord lets you exceed your wildest dreams.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For more inspiring stories, subscribe to <\/em>Guideposts<\/strong><\/a> magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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