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For years, the description most closely associated with Philip Humber was “first-round bust.”
Now and forever, his name will appear beside the most hallowed term in baseball: “perfect game.”
Saturday in Seattle, Humber pitched only the 21st perfect game in MLB history. Baseball has witnessed more since 2009 than in any other four-year period of the game’s history: Mark Buehrle (2009); Dallas Braden and Roy Halladay (2010); and now Humber.
Halladay is on course for the Hall of Fame. Buehrle ranks second in wins among active pitchers under age 35. Braden was in the midst of a ...
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