Congratulations, Philip.

I remember him only getting to a three-ball count once in the game, and that was in the ninth inning. I just googled 'Philip Humber three ball count' and found this from calltothepen.com: 

Humber was in complete command from the moment he set foot on the mound against the Seattle Mariners, only going to a three ball count twice, both of which happened in the ninth inning. Needing only 96 pitches for his gem, Humber struck out nine batters as he fired his perfect game.

Also, I googled 'Philip Humber Nolan Ryan' and I found nothing about Ryan's pregame advice to Humber, which I find odd, especially since I found this quote from Humber in the Tyler, Texas paper:

"I don’t know what I am doing on this list  (of perfect game pitchers). You’ve got Randy Johnson and Sandy Koufax that have done that," Humber continued. "My hero growing up was Nolan Ryan had never done that. Seven no-hitters and none of them perfect. So to think a guy like me could do that was pretty hard to comprehend."

I guess we'll never know if Nolan Ryan really did talk to him before his perfect game (unless someone asks one of them) but either way, Humber and Ryan are linked as former Mets  pitchers who have thrown a no-hitter with another team. The list also includes Tom Seaver, Mike Scott, Dwight Gooden, Hideo Nomo, and David Cone. Only Cone matched Humber in pitching a perfect game.

He followed his April 21, 2012 perfecto with a five inning effort in which he gave up 9 runs, which bumped his ERA up from 0.63 to 4.66. Then after a decent start, he was blown up for another 9 earned runs in 2.1 innings, increasing his ERA 6.83. He was out of the rotation by August.

If Humber DID talk to Nolan, apparently he had a short memory. 

He wasn't a stellar Mets performer, but it's not like he had much of a chance with them, as they gave him only 5 appearances over two years. He was, of course, one of the big cogs in the deal for Johan Santana, and that's my primary memory of him as a Met.

I saw him in-person a few times when he was with the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings in the Twins system and got his autograph once or twice there. He always seemed to have a fairly unpleasant personality.

Despite his personality, he did sign two cards for me through-the-mail care of the White Sox in about a year-and-a-half in 2014.

About his perfect game, it truly was one of the most unlikely of all-time and was one during the Perfect Game Era that suggested to me that, perhaps, the feat was being watered down and losing its luster. He tossed his in 2012, the year a total of THREE were thrown. From 2009 to 2012, six were thrown, making the accomplishment, at least during the time, a little less impressive.