From a Yogi to a King | Hall of Fame Connections Episode 2
In this episode of the Hall of Fame Connections series, we draw the line from one of baseball’s top philosophers to royalty. How?
Yogi Berra caught Don Larsen’s perfect game in Game Five of the 1956 World Series. Nearly 43 years later, the Yankees staged Yogi Berra Day at the ballpark, July 18, 1999. Throwing out the first pitch that day to Yogi Berra was Don Larsen.
Remarkably, that same day David Cone pitched the third perfect game in club history, shutting down the visiting Montreal Expos, 6-0. The previous season, Cone’s teammate David Wells pitched the second perfect game in Yankees history.
On May 17, 1998, Yankees pitcher David Wells became the second Yankees pitcher to throw a perfect game. The home plate umpire for Wells’ perfect game was Tim McClelland, who some 15 years earlier had been behind the plate at Yankee Stadium for another infamous event: George Brett's Pine Tar incident on July 24, 1983.
Umpire McClelland ruled that the bat used by Brett to hit his (in)famous homer was illegal, called Brett out, and pandemonium ensued. It was Billy Martin who protested Brett’s use of the bat. Martin learned to manage under one of the greatest big league managers, Casey Stengel. Martin played for Stengel not only in New York, but also in Oakland (Pacific Coast League).
Casey Stengel, like his protégé Billy Martin, was a very good player prior to his managing career. In 1924, he took part in a baseball World Tour as a player.
During the World Tour, the New York Giants and Chicago White Sox played a game at the Stamford Bridge grounds on November 6, 1924. There they met and shook hands with the King of England, George V, grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
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