Things I've Learned Watching Don Larsen's Perfect Game

The newly minted MLB Network has been re-airing Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series and here's just a few of the things I've picked up on after watching it:

1.  The lives of men in the 1950's must have revolved around shaving.  All of the commercials are for Gillette razors.  Perhaps when people re-watch the 2008 World Series in 2060, they'll wonder if we ever left our cars.

2.  Larsen's opposing pitcher on the Brooklyn Dodgers, Sal Maglie, had no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies two weeks before at Ebbetts Field.

3.  At Yankee Stadium, there was normally a black tarp stretched across the centerfield bleachers -- 461 feet from home plate by the way -- to improve the view the batters had of the baseball.  However, in order to sell more tickets, it was removed that day.  Not that a pitcher can ever be favored to have a no-hitter, much less a perfect game, but between the shadows creeping across the infield and the removal of the tarp, the needle certainly moved just a tad in the direction of the pitcher.