With an offday now behind them, the 1999 Yankees headed back to the Bronx to take on the AL West powerhouse Rangers, and were in the midst of an uncharacteristic four-game losing skid. But ...

David Cone turns 62 today ... He had a 19-strikeout game in 1991 as a Met and pitched a perfect game as a Yankee on July 18, 1999 (which he discussed in detail in the book Full Count).