He s already won several Cy Young awards and is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He has been pitching ever since he was a child, and 19 years for the Tigers, never missing a game. He s 41, that dread age for him when realizes that from here on it s downhill. The Tigers also had a desultory season and their last game, which realistically won t count for much, is at the Yankee Stadium. The Yanks and the Tigers have long been rivals, with lots of intense feelings on both sides.
Fans can be quite rude.
It s the seventh inning and the Tigers are ahead 1-0. The fans are beginning to notice the string of zeros on the scoreboard. So far Kevin Costner has pitched a perfect game. He has gotten everybody out, either by ground balls or pop flies or better yet, strikeouts. As everybody slowly realizes the magnitude of the situation, the tension heightens.