A PERFECT GAME!!!!!!!!That's exactly what Mark Buerhle hurled yesterday, in front of a delirious crowd at US Cellular Field. The first reaction I got when I read it in the paper this morning was: didn't that guy pitch a no-hitter already? Yes he did, and so he becomes only the 6th player ever to have pitched a no-no and a perfecto.
No hitters are rare, but they still happen once or twice a year. But perfect games have only been pitched 18 times in Major League history. That is elite company indeed!
I can't imagine what it's like to be in the stands during that game, as each batter was mowed down. Like I said, the fans went delirious after the final out. I would be too if I was there! I remember watching Dustin McGowan carry a no-hitter into the ninth inning in Toronto a couple years ago. The emotions I felt, the emotion of watching history...there's nothing to describe it. It's why I love baseball!
Congrats to Mark Buerhle! He got a call from the President. How cool is that?
-D
not to mention, he could've been the first pitched to throw two perfect games because in that no hitter, he walked sammy sosa, only to pick him off later that inning ! WHAT A BUMMER!
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