 A year later , David Cone , one of the key players in the then @-@ most recent Yankee dynasty , started for the Red Sox against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium to the sound of a standing ovation despite playing for the arch @-@ rival Red Sox . It marked Cone 's first return to Yankee Stadium since leaving the team . Cone would later take part in another notable game later that year when he went up against newly acquired Yankee pitcher Mike Mussina . Mussina had come within one strike of pitching a perfect game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park . Carl Everett 's 9th @-@ inning two @-@ out , two @-@ strike single was the only baserunner allowed by Mussina in a 1 – 0 Yankee win . Coincidentally , David Cone was the last Yankee pitcher to throw a perfect game , in 1999 . 
