Sunday July 18, 1999
"L'histoire se fait sans se conna�tre..." --Jean-Paul Sartre
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"It just makes you think of the Yankee magic and the mystique of this ballpark." --David Cone
The Works of Fate and Destiny--Mysterious Facts about Cone's Perfect Game:
* It was Yogi Berra Day, a very sentimental day for the Yankees and all their fans.
* Don Larsen & Yogi Berra-- Larsen was the only man to pitch a perfect game in the World Series, and Berra was his catcher. They began Sunday's game with Larsen tossing out the first pitch to Berra as the fans reveled in the historical moment.
* July 18th is Yankee manager Joe Torre's birthday.
* Cone only threw 88 pitches, Yogi Berra's uniform number is 8.
* Cone never went to a 3-ball count.
Various articles about Cone's perfect game found on the web:
Majorleaguebaseball.com-- "27 Up, 27 Down!" The official site of Major League Baseball's take on the event.
Bergenrecord.com-- "David's Place in Lore Secure..." A beautiful article written by Adrian Wojnarowski.
FoxSports.net-- A collection of several wonderful articles about Cone and his perfect game.
NJ.com-- An interesting article about Cone and his reaction to David Wells' perfect game.
BigBadBaseball.com-- Their "Stat of the Day" featured Cone's Perfect game.
Fastball.com-- This article compares Cone's perfect game to the other perfect games in baseball history.
HowStuffWorks.com-- Deeply defines what a perfect game really is.
Late Night with David Letterman-- Here's the Top 10 list from July 21, 1999 that Cone read on the show.
Pictures relating to Cone's perfect game can be found in this site's gallery.
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