PEORIA, Ariz. -- In a clubhouse teeming with players who have a story to tell, none likely can come close to matching the one Philip Humber owns.
Humber, a 33-year-old non-roster invitee in camp on a Minor League deal, knows the devastating highs and wretched lows the game of baseball can bring.
Humber has lived it.
It was only four short years ago when Humber tossed a perfect game pitching for the White Sox. It was seven shorter months ago when he was released by a team in Korea, sent home to ponder if he had thrown his last pitch.