The agony of the nearly perfect game: Tampa Bay pitcher flirts with immortality - Yahoo Sports

Tampa Bay's Drew Rasmussen took a perfect game into the ninth inning ... and then the cruelty of baseball took over.

On a quiet August Sunday afternoon, in front of a more-than-half-empty stadium, throwing for one unremarkable team against another, Drew Rasmussen nearly achieved history. Unless you're a Tampa Bay … [+4014 chars]

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