Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax holds up four baseballs in the Dodger Stadium clubhouse on Sept. 10, 1965, the day after he pitched a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs, making him the first major leaguer to pitch four no-hit games. (AP Photo)

Baseball is hard, and it can be unforgiving even as excellence beckons. We don’t have to go back any further than Saturday night’s events in Baltimore to be reminded of that.

Greatness is rare. Perfection is rarer still. And the events of sixty years ago Tuesday – or, in the memorable voice of the late Vin Scully, “ September the ninth, nineteen hundred and sixty-five” – represented a one of a kind moment in the game’s long history.

If you’re old enough to remember, reminisce with us. If you’re not, gather around as we recall the

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