I Saw a Sports Miracle
The Yankees’ Domingo Germán threw the league’s first perfect game since 2012.
by Gilad Edelman
Jul 01, 2023
4 minutes
Updated at 12:03 p.m. ET on July 1, 2023
The game seemed destined to be utterly forgettable. The New York Yankees have underwhelmed this season, especially since their best player got hurt, and the Oakland Athletics are the worst team in baseball. Intent on moving the team to Las Vegas, the A’s owner seems to have given up trying to field a watchable product, like a real-life version of the villain in Major League. The stakes, on a Wednesday night in June, were almost pathetically low.
But I’m a Yankees fan living on the wrong coast, and I like to see them in person when I can. As my train pulled
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