"Don Larsen"

Last week, I wrote about the death of radio shock jock Don IMUS (see two blogs back.) Today, it is former baseball player Don LARSEN that I'm sad to say has passed away, at age 90.  In between those two posts, we have entered a new year, but the fact that both men had the same first name seems to remind me of how death is CONSTANT in this world. The fact that we're in a new year and new DECADE won't stop death from happening.

Don Larsen played for MANY teams, he even played for my San Francisco Giants, my FIRST team, in the early '60s when I was a young boy just getting into baseball.  But Don achieved fame with the New York YANKEES because he pitched a Perfect Game in the 1956 World Series....only pitcher in baseball history to accomplish that feat. He died after a battle with cancer.

Here's what I wrote on my Facebook page a little while ago...

Don Larsen, the only pitcher in baseball history to throw a Perfect Game in the World Series, has died at age 90. The late Yogi Berra, who was his CATCHER that day (and was known for saying things that don't make sense when you think about them), once remarked that "That was the best game Larsen ever pitched," Lol!! All kidding aside, I hope Don was SAVED because our temporal and temporary accomplishments don't cover our sins when we die...only the Blood of Christ can!!