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Boston ended up losing the game, with the next batter grounded out. Mussina, however, was far from happy with his one-hit shutout. Afterwards, the left-hander admitted to being very disappointed and mused that “it just wasn’t meant...
Looking at the facts, one could only agree with Mussina’s assessment. An unlikely villain, Everett entered his ninth inning at-bat 1-for-9 lifetime against Mussina and had struck out seven of those nine times...
...Also, Mussina had flirted with perfection twice before. In 1997 against the Indians, Mussina lost his perfect game with one out in the ninth when Sandy Alomar, Jr. hit a single...
...given this disappointing turn of events, poor Mike Mussina concluded that he would never get to the perfect plateau that three of his pinstripe predecessors had reached...
Normally, I would agree that Mussina may have had his last and best shot at a perfect game, but for some reason I’m not thinking so cynically anymore...