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From Babe Pinelli's Obit, He died October 26th 1984.
"In the final act of his umpiring career, Mr. Pinelli called Dale Mitchell of the Brooklyn Dodgers out on strikes to end the only perfect game in Series history. He retired after that game".
The New York Times Obit.
In the case of Mitchell he played in game seven (pinchhit) as did Pinelli ump (1st base) but they both retired after the series ended.
Mitchell is perhaps best remembered, however unfairly, for making the final out in Don Larsen’s perfect game during the 1956 World Series for the New York Yankees against Mitchell's new team, the Dodgers. Mitchell, pinch-hitting for Brooklyn pitcher Sal Maglie, took a called third strike to end the only perfect game in Series history.
Mitchell, who is tied for seventh place as one of the all-time toughest hitters to strike out (34-1 ratio), always maintained that the third strike he took was really a ball.
In his final at-bat as a big leaguer, he grounded out pinch-hitting in Game Seven of the Series, which the Yankees won.
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I am done for the night but will pick up again soon and give more shirts away. I am going to release and lock the thread for the next Polo Shirt Trivia giveaway.
wil..
PS. Harvey, sure do your own thread, and have the winner email me the address and size of the second shirt, no problem...Give away your second shirt and I will throw in another for you to have two to give away.. Have fun...
Thanks to everyone who participated....
"In the final act of his umpiring career, Mr. Pinelli called Dale Mitchell of the Brooklyn Dodgers out on strikes to end the only perfect game in Series history. He retired after that game".
The New York Times Obit.
In the case of Mitchell he played in game seven (pinchhit) as did Pinelli ump (1st base) but they both retired after the series ended.
Mitchell is perhaps best remembered, however unfairly, for making the final out in Don Larsen’s perfect game during the 1956 World Series for the New York Yankees against Mitchell's new team, the Dodgers. Mitchell, pinch-hitting for Brooklyn pitcher Sal Maglie, took a called third strike to end the only perfect game in Series history.
Mitchell, who is tied for seventh place as one of the all-time toughest hitters to strike out (34-1 ratio), always maintained that the third strike he took was really a ball.
In his final at-bat as a big leaguer, he grounded out pinch-hitting in Game Seven of the Series, which the Yankees won.
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I am done for the night but will pick up again soon and give more shirts away. I am going to release and lock the thread for the next Polo Shirt Trivia giveaway.
wil..
PS. Harvey, sure do your own thread, and have the winner email me the address and size of the second shirt, no problem...Give away your second shirt and I will throw in another for you to have two to give away.. Have fun...
Thanks to everyone who participated....
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