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Bill
Bevens 1947 World Series No-Hitter is Broken Up
In the bottom of the ninth inning
of the 4th game of the 1947 World Series, a tired but
determined New York Yankee pitcher named Bill Bevens stood
out on the mound, one out away from pitching the first
no-hitter in World Series history. To the plate stepped
Brooklyn Dodger Harry Arthur "Cookie" Lavagetto.
Lavagetto drove the ball off the right field wall with
the tying and winning runs for the Dodgers, robbing Bevens
of his no-hitter, winning game 4 for the Dodgers and tying
the Series at 2-2. This is that ball. The Yankee catcher
that day was a rookie named Yogi Berra who remembers giving
the ball to Bevens after the game. All the writing on
the ball is in Bevens' hand. 
Bill Bevens pitching during his almost no-hitter in Game
4 of the 1947 World Series Vs. Brooklyn.
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