Buddies Don Larsen, left, from Hayden Lake and the only pitcher to throw a no-hitter and perfect game in World Series history, and Post Falls' Lyle Ekness pose at Ekness Catering recently. Ekness is donning a jacket with the autographs of Larsen, David Cone and David Wells, the three Yankee pitchers who have pitched a perfect game. (BRIAN WALKER/Press)
January 2, 2020
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'A mystical trip through fantasyland'
Don Larsen, the longtime Hayden Lake resident who years earlier reached the heights of baseball glory in 1956 for the New York Yankees when he threw a perfect game and the only no-hitter in World Series history, died Wednesday in Hayden. He was 90.