Andy Carey – Baseball by The Letters https://www.baseballbytheletters.com Hand-written memories from those who lived The Game! Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:18:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 22759191 When an Oriole Tamed the 1956 Yankees https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2010/12/17/when-an-oriole-tamed-the-1956-yankees-2/ https://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2010/12/17/when-an-oriole-tamed-the-1956-yankees-2/#respond Fri, 17 Dec 2010 06:11:00 +0000 http://www.baseballbytheletters.com/2010/12/17/when-an-oriole-tamed-the-1956-yankees-2/ Read more]]> The sloping sig remains the same!

He didn’t do it in front of a home crowd. Maybe, it wouldn’t have been as much fun.

Don Ferrarese pitched the game of his life May 12, 1956. The Baltimore lefty sparkled in front of a Yankee Stadium crowd, handcuffing the Yanks on two hits.

Imagine hurling a no-hitter for eight innings against the Bronx Bombers. Ferrarese started the ninth by surrendering an infield single to Andy Carey (a college teammate), a sky-high chopper off the plate fielded by the pitcher. A broken-bat single over third base by Hank Bauer followed.

Ferrarese picked up the play-by-play, writing:

“The most intense moment was the ninth inning. After the first hit and the second broken-bat hit, Mickey Mantle came up with two outs. I said, ‘Oh, my God.’

He flied out for the final out.”

A 1-0 win, his first in the major leagues. Ferrarese was being followed on national TV, as was another nearby hurler. Across town, Carl Erskine was no-hitting the Giants.

(Thanks for the memory, www.retrosheet.org!)

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