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David Cone reveals vulnerable side through perfect game in new memoir

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David Cone celebrates his perfect game in 1999.

Twenty years ago, Yankees pitcher David Cone did what only a handful of players had done before him: He pitched the perfect game. In a standoff with the Montreal Expos on July 18, 1999, the 36-year-old Cone — most players peak in their late 20s — needed just 88 pitches, 68 of them strikes, to stop the Expos from getting a single hit.

He became just the 16th person in major league history (and the third Yankee) to pull off the near-impossible, and it’s still a hallowed memory for Yankees fans.