In the winter of 1956, Phillip Hoose was a gawky,
uncoordinated 9-year-old boy just moved to a new
town—Speedway, Indiana—and trying to fit into a new school
and circle of friends. Baseball was his passion, even though
he was terrible at it and constantly shamed by his lack of
ability. But he had one thing going for him that his
classmates could never have—his second cousin was a pitcher
for the New York Yankees. Don Larsen wasn’t a star, but he
was in the Yankees’ rotation. And on October 8, 1956, he
pitched perhaps the greatest game that has ever been
pitched: a perfect game (27 batters up, 27 out) against the
Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series. It forever changed
Phil’s life. Perfect, Once Removed, recalls with
pitch-perfect clarity the angst and jubilation of Phil
Hoose’s 9th year. To be published on the 50th anniversary of
The Perfect Game, it will be one of the best baseball books
of 2006.
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