Why Browns Nearly Had Change Positions

St. Louis Browns manager Marty Marion wanted to convert rookie pitcher Don Larsen into an outfielder.

RetroSimba

Don Larsen Had Special Connection With St. Louis

He was New York’s, but St. Louis was his.

Hochman

Don Larsen, Former Yankees Pitcher Who Threw Only World Series Perfect Game, Dead At Age 90

Don Larsen, a journeyman pitcher best remembered for throwing the only perfect game in World Series history as a member of the New York Yankees, has died, a spokesman announced late Wednesday. He was 90 years old.

Fox News

Aledmys Diaz Has Two Hits For Springfield Team; Trevor Rosenthal To Face Hitters; Seth Maness Looks Ahead Stolen Bases Against High; Extra Bases

Cardinals shortstop Aledmys Diaz, playing on a medical rehabilitation option (fractured right thumb) for Class AA Springfield in the Texas League playoffs, was two for four with a run-scoring double in Game 3 of the series Friday night in Springdale, Ark., in an 8-3 loss to Kansas City’s Northwest Arkansas farm club.

Post-Dispatch

Don Larsen Recalls Days With Browns, Yankees

Sixty autumns ago, a St. Louis native jumped into the arms of a one-time St. Louis rookie, and it was perfect.

Hochman

Four Candidates For Cardinals MVP

With 27 games remaining on the Cardinals’ regular-season schedule, it’s a good time to pose this question: Who is the team MVP?

Bernie Bytes

This Annotated Week In Baseball History: Dec. 7-Dec. 12, 1959

One of the great baseball pastimes is complaining about trades. I'm a Yankees fan, which means that I spend most of my time worrying about deals involving the Red Sox. Sometimes this concern is for nothing; much as I griped that Texas just gave away Eric Gagné in 2007, he did not do much for the Red Sox.

The Hardball Times

This Annotated Week In Baseball History: Nov. 30-Dec. 6, 1954

On Dec. 1, 1954, the Yankees and Orioles completed a trade that had begun on Nov. 14. Don Larsen, Bob Turley and Gene Woodling were just a sixth of the players involved in this 18-player deal, still the largest in major league history.

The Hardball Times