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"Don Larsen
used to pitch so slow it ought to have been equipped with backup lights." -Shirley Povich
"He did it (the perfect game) with a tremendous assortment of pitches that seemd to have five forward speeds, including a slow one that ought to have been equipped with backup lights." - Shirley Povich
"He was either out pretty late or up pretty early." - Casey Stengel
commenting on Don Larsen's
one car crash with a telephone pole at five in the morning
"Is that the best game you ever pitched?" - Question asked by a reporter after the 1956 World Series
perfect game
"The biggest game I ever played in was probably Don Larsen's
perfect game." - Mickey Mantle
"The only thing he fears is sleep." - Jimmy Dykes
"The Yankees have all the hits in the game." - Mel Allen dealing with the sportscasting taboo of speaking openly about a no-hitter
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