​PHILADELPHIA — Justin Verlander smirked.He laughed.Then, he sneered.Verlander was almost in utter disbelief that someone could seriously ask him the question.“Justin, have you ever been pulled out of a perfect game or no-hitter in your career?”Are you kidding?“No,’’ he said. “It was never even a conversation. No!”How could someone ask?”This is a man who has pitched for 22 years, won three Cy Young awards, two World Series championships, an MVP award, been selected to 10 All-Star teams, and will have his plaque mounted in Cooperstown in six years.Do you actually believe that he would allow a manager to pull him out of a game when he has the opportunity to make history?“It’s very hard,” Verlander said in disgust, “for me to watch.”There was not a single pitcher who ever had a perfect game through six innings who was ever pulled from a game from 1901-2015.In the last 10 years, it occurred three times.It happened twice in four days last week.Verlander can’t comprehend it, but then again, he has difficulty understanding how people actually believe that wins are overrated for starting pitchers, knowing the impact of individual victories.‘‘I know that wins is a stat that people kind of are poo-pooing now,’’ Verlander says, “but you look around. Starting pitchers definitely don’t go as deep in the game. They don’t throw as many pitches. And because of that, wins are coming way down.“I think maybe on a given year or a given day, the win isn’t a great stat. But over time, if you consistently win baseball games, you’re doing all of the things that you want as a starting pitcher. You’re going deep. You’re limiting runs. You’re giving your team a chance. And if they start winning more often than not, then you’re doing a good job.“So maybe short term, I get it, but macro view, I think wins tell you a much larger picture.’’Verlander, who won at least 15 games in 12 seasons, pitching more than 200 innings 12 times, badly wanted to win 300 games before he retired. He knew he could be the last 300-game winner in baseball history. Now, even with 266 victories, he wonders if anyone will ever win 250 again.He’ll fall short of 4,000 strikeouts, but with 3,554, it’s still the eighth-most all-time, with only two current pitchers within 1,000 strikeouts of him.Verlander, 43, the oldest athlete in North American team sports, doesn’t want to sound like he’s Bob Feller, and that the game stinks compared to how it was when he broke in on July 4, 2005, but man, are times different.He worries about the game, too, particularly with the potential of a lengthy lockout on the horizon threatening the integrity of the 2027 season.“Obviously, I want the players to to get what they’re deserved,” Verlander says, “but I think you want the game to just be in a great place. That’s it.“But I’m really worried about it, to be frank, because the game is, in my opinion, in a really great place. Its viewership is doing great. The fan bases are