Steiner Sports New York Yankees Yankees Final Game at Stadium Perfect Game Battery Mates with PG Inscription. 16 x 20-inch Photo

Price 999.99 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 809418365349

Brand Steiner


Manufacture Country USA

EIN3263 Features: * Yankees final game at Yankee stadium Perfect Game battery Mates with PG"" Insc photo (MLB Auth) * In 1956 NY Yankee Don Larsen became the first Major league pitcher to throw a perfect game in the World Series * In Game Five versus the Brooklyn Dodgers, it took Larsen only 97 pitches to complete the game * Often overlooked Yogi Berra had a very important role in the perfect game, because he called the pitches that were thrown * Yogi Berra was so overcome with excitement that he jumped into Don Larsen"s arms after the final out * David Wells had two tenures as a pitcher with the New York Yankees, spanning 1997-1998 and 2002-2003 * David Cone joined the elite club of Major League pitchers to throw a perfect game * On July 18, 1999 against the Montreal Expos, with Don Larsen and Yogi Berra in attendance, David Cone becomes only the 17th pitcher to throw a perfect game * He struck out 10 and it took him only 88 pitches to complete the game * Comes complete with a certificate of Authenticity Specifications: * Wells won the World Series with the Bombers in 1998 and earlier that same year, on May 17 in a game against the Minnesota Twins, he threw the first perfect game by a Yankees pitcher since Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series Dimensions: * Pitchers and catchers of the only 3 perfect game in Yankees history are all together on this one piece: Joe Girardi, David Cone ""PG 7-18-99"", Jorge Posada, David Wells ""PG 5-17-98"", Yogi Berra and Don Larsen ""PG 10-8-56"" have each hand signed this photograph of them all at the mound during the pre-game ceremonies before the final game at Yankee Stadium on September 21st, 2008 * Dimensions: 16"" H x 20"" W x 2"" D