June 28, 2023 is now an indelible part of Major League Baseball history. As the marine layer settled in over the Bay Area, then-30 year old Domingo Germán spun the best start of his career, and indeed by at least one standard, the best start by a Yankee since David Cone 25 years previously. A perfect game, even one against the Oakland Athletics, is a surefire way to etch yourself into the everlasting story of the game.
Of course, everything before and certainly all that happened after the perfecto we’d more or less like to be forgotten entirely.