Phil Humber pitched a perfect game for the White Sox today, but it really should go into the record book with an asterisk because he did it against the Seattle Mariners.
In Fenway, the Red Sox were winning 9-1 after six but ended up losing 15-9. The Yankees scored seven in the seventh and seven more in the eighth. Before the miracle comeback, Suzyn Waldman and John Sterling on Yankees radio were speculating re what could still happen (anything, at Fenway), and mentioned another game in which the Yankees erased a big deficit to post a win, in 1950. Today's final had everyone talking about this game, but no one noted that it was the Red Sox' home opener. The Bombers were losing 9-0 after five and scored four in the sixth, nine in the eighth, and two in the ninth. No Yankee homered. The comeback was a collective effort. Everyone put the yeast in. And it was Billy Martin's first game in the major leagues.
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