Mark Buehrle pitches perfect game
No story, just the box score. Only the 16th perfect game in modern baseball history. I know he is a member of the dreaded White Sox, but congratulations to him and his achievement. It was great to see it for the last inning on ESPN.
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Beat me by 10 seconds. Oh well.
Congrats to Buehrle. Awesome to see it happen on TV…. never thought I’d see one.
Congrats to #56
he has always been a good pitcher, and never has done anything to really get under my skin.
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
It was awesome
Buehrle better take Wise out to the nicest restaurant in Tampa.
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My bad, don’t know why I put Tampa
"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko
cuz the catch was worthy of round trip to eat dinner?
baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out
A good foot over the wall
crashes back into the wall, falling to the ground, the ball pops out of the glove and into his left hand as he’s falling….obviously held on.
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That's gotta be just about the best defensive play
to save a no-hitter. Totally unbelievable!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 23, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Ozzie's a genuis!!!
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 23, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
an amazing catch
under the circumstances, the best I have ever seen
"Cubs Win!" "Yes, Sir!" - Pat and Ron, June 12, 2008, Walk off HBP, bottom of the 11th
#8719 on the Cubs Season Ticket waiting list.
If anyone wants to see the catch
It’s about halfway into this video: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4351545&categoryid=2521705
Ah, you beat me!
Maybe some authority figure can delete my duplicate post…..
The catch by Wise was superb – up and over the wall, and then on the way down the ball popped out of his mitt and he barehanded it.
"[Obama's] top advisors are Cub fans, so he has a chance." - Lou Piniella, 16 July 2009
by CaughtInTheVines on Jul 23, 2009 3:23 PM CDT reply actions
pssssstt....
You can delete your own posts. You just can’t delete other people’s posts unless you have admin rights.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jul 23, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks!
I figured that out right after leaving my note…..glad we don’t need any authority figures!
"[Obama's] top advisors are Cub fans, so he has a chance." - Lou Piniella, 16 July 2009
by CaughtInTheVines on Jul 23, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Also, the best part:
This week I am in a head-to-head matchup against another Cubs fan in a large fantasy league. This Cubs fan happens to own Mark Buehrle.
He left him on the bench today.
I am never letting him live it down.
Paging Carmen Fanzone
:)
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Jul 23, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
He strongly encourages any and all kinds of fantasy talk on this site. He actually gets mad if more than a few days go by and no one has asked who better to start, this guy or that guy.
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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
lol
Okay then. You’ve got to admit, this is pretty hilarious though. Especially since I am dominating the pitching categories this week. :)
LOL
That cracked me up, Damon.
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by carmen_fanzone on Jul 23, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Mad props
to Buerhls!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 3:27 PM CDT reply actions
It was insane
Was watching it live with my Sox fan Dad. I thought for sure that ball was gone.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Congrats to Mark
I almost went to the game, The Rays are my favorite AL team and I was planning to go a game this series particularly this one, but work got in the way again… Second time I am missed a chance to see a No-Hitter/Perfect Game in as many years, I need to go on my instincts more.
it will only feed
his obsessive belief that we never talk about the cubs and only talk about the s o x
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Jul 23, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I s e e what you did there. Trying to stay out of the clutches of Doc's infamous search engine claws? ;-)
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Congrats to Mark Buehrle.
Huge accomplishment for him and the White Sox.
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
Buerhle
Guys as you know I am involved with a lot of charity stuff in the area. Mark is a really good guy and it couldn’t happen to a nicer White Sox player. I unabashedly admit I root for him (unless he is pitching against him).
I also met his family at a Sox game. I was with some people who knew them and they stopped by our tailgate. Had a nice conversation with his mother and either sister or sister in law.
He also was put through a personal ringer a few years ago. But it has a happy ending as he is happily married and a dad now.
I had to delete my twitter account. But you can still find me at fanfiction.net under puckish prosecutor.
I meant
I meant pitching against the Cubs not him.
I had to delete my twitter account. But you can still find me at fanfiction.net under puckish prosecutor.
by puckishcubsfan on Jul 23, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Well done, Mark and Dewayne.
Here’s hoping the Nats can make it two in one day!
Randy Wells - You continue to astound me.
Wow, what a game
Sox fans had it on here at work. Really cool to get to see most of it. Congrats Mark!
"Look, we're gonna win here."
My roommate was at the game,
lucky guy. He almost didn’t go too.
Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air...
I hate the Sux with every fiber of my being
That said, can someone tell me why is this being rec’d? Are you Sux fans?
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Even f-ing WBEZ is replaying the audio
I can’t take it. I’m gonna disappear from the world for a few days. This will get extremely unbearable.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
Meh, love 'em
or hate ‘em, you still hafta appreciate the effort. And it really has no bearing on our club one way or the other anyway. Nuttin’ wrong with tipping the cap…
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Seriously, if you are a baseball fan, you applaud this achievement.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al Yellon on Jul 23, 2009 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Guess I'm not a fan
I’ll applaud the achievement if it were done by any team other than the Sux and the Cardinals.
One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.
All I can say is...
… I respectfully disagree with your position.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
How do you expect to be taken seriously when you call them the Sux?
I’m not trying to start anything, but third grade-level insults don’t exactly contribute much to the conversation.
By the same token, I know to stop talking to someone about baseball as soon as they call the Cubs the Flubs, Scrubs, or any other rhyming dictionary feat of wit.
I'm with you.
I just can’t be happy for a perfecto if it’s for either of those teams. Besides, this game knocked the Tigers out of first in the AL Central! Ugh.
What I cannot applaud is Hawk Harrelson's lame call of the final out....
…you have to be ready…you have to be thinking about you are going to say in the event of a history-making event…
But, no — all this guy can say the moment the final out is recorded is " YES! YES! YES! YES!" It takes him more precious seconds to actually explain what just happened.
Obviously, TV can tell the story in pitctures, but a good pbp guy just has to do better than that. Ed Farmer’s radio call was adequate, but “they’re going crazy at US Cellular Field" was, well…..obvious. He gets a B- for that call, but at least you knew what was happening.
I know Ronnie can fall into the same trap, but he is not the pbp guy. But for that bad call to end a historic event Hawk should…..take some bench…
(Nice to see over 25K can show up at the park for a day game when the team is battling for first.)
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jul 26, 2009 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
best thing about it is that AJ wasn't catching...
on my own personal hate ladder, AJ is one rung above ryan braun
by 12to23to17 on Jul 23, 2009 4:06 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Ha, I did notice
and appreciate that too. Perhaps that helped me to enjoy this one a little bit more.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn... just damn.
"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
.
Anyone else cringe when listening to Harrelson call the 9th inning?
Talk about failing to rise to the occasion as a broadcasting “professional”.
"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano
Harrelson has a face for radio...
…and a voice for newspapers!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
I cringed when
he said, “Thanks honey” to Sarah Kustok after she tossed it back up to the booth following her interview with Buehrle.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure she did as well
What a friggin’ dinosaur… him, not her.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Harrelson
Until today, I hadn’t heard Harrelson since the mid- ’80s in Boston. He was actually a pretty good color person then – he would tell stories and be a little offbeat and add a nice note to a conservative broadcast. Reading the comments here I had always sort of wondered what all the fuss was about.
Until today. Now I understand. The guy has gone way, way too far – he was detracting from the moment with his ranting. It was like viewing the action through a windshield coated with squashed bugs.
"[Obama's] top advisors are Cub fans, so he has a chance." - Lou Piniella, 16 July 2009
by CaughtInTheVines on Jul 23, 2009 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions
You would think that a baseball play by play man
would think all the time about how they would handle certain historical events if they occurred during a game they were broadcasting, not least because as oft-played historical highlights they could seal their own legacies as announcers. It’s clear that in the decades Harrelson has worked as a play by play guy, he never once stopped to reflect on this. With absolutely no prepration and no skill at improvising or contemporizing, all he could do was babble like an idiot all over Buerhle’s great achievement.
"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano
The radio call was much much better.
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by puckishcubsfan on Jul 24, 2009 6:24 AM CDT up reply actions
oops...
I didn’t scroll down enough. Sorry.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jul 26, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Just watched the Wise catch replay again...
Notice how Wise went straight across for a few strides and then started to hightail it back towards the wall?
Man, I wonder what he was thinking those first few seconds, once he realized he had misjudged it… ;-)
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
"Crap crap crap crap crap crap..."
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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Tee
hee.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Was on the road driving back to Chicago.
Heard the last three innings on the radio. Very exciting.
Especially heartwarming was the fact that the Rays players stood and applauded Buehrle and he tipped his cap to them. That’s as it should be — professionals acknowledging that something very special had happened. And it’s why even if the Cubs do get no-hit someday, I will applaud — not because they lost, but as a tip o’the cap to the opposing pitcher, whoever it is.
Congrats to Buehrle, a class act.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Even if it's Josh Beckett in Game 7 of World Series? ;-)
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
I was watching CTL
and the first half hour was all about Mark. They talked to Eric Cooper who was behind home plate today. He was also behind home plate when Mark pitched his no hitter. Eric and Mark bothe wear #56. Crazy huh?
Congrats to Mark!!
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
Perfect Day...
… Mark Buehrle (the Sox 1998 38th round draft pick) faced the minimum number of batters in his 2nd no hitter, this time a perfect game. To top it off, the White Sox are in first place!
"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009
Congrats to him and the Sox!
What a great accomplishment!
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
Rare air...
… at work today, as we followed the game, a coworker who is not much of a baseball fan was astounded that this was only the 18th perfect game in the history of baseball. She was sure that with all the games, all the teams and thru all the years there would have to have been more.
This was a perfect game but it was without a doubt also accomplished in part because of his team. Wish I was there to have seen it in person.
Both teams are poised to finish in first. I hope that’s how things work out.
"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009
Where were the fans, FYI
With the team challenging for first, it seemed that a sell-out (or close to it) should have been expected. 28K?
However, every Sox fan in Illinois will claim to have been there.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jul 26, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Congratulations on the Cubbies Chicago Attendance Trophy.
It’s always about attendance/popularity to Cubbie fans. Cubbie fans seem to care more about winning the Chicago Attendance Trophy than the World Championship Trophy.
"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009
Congratulations TO the Cubbies
"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009
Not me.
But the question remains: why can’t a contending team draw more to a weekday afternoon game on a beautiful day when they are playing the defending league champions and one of their most popular players is pitching?
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Attendance, meh
The Sox attendance is around the same as the Twins & Tigers.
Why are attendance and popularity contests so popular to so many Cubbie fans? Who cares, unless you’re a share holder. Al, throughout the 50’s and up until the late 60’s the Sox routinely outdrew the Cubs, did that concern you then?
"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009
Not really.
The Sox were a better team then. I’d have expected that.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
But why then...
… are attendance and popularity contests so popular to so many Cubbie fans?
"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009
It's often said ...
… by Cubbie fans that Sox fans care more about the Cubbies losing than the Sox winning. I’ve never heard a Sox fan say anything remotely close to that. That’s just Cubbie fans putting down Sox fans. My twist on that is that IF that’s true then Cubbie fans care more about beating the Sox in attendance/popularity than winning the World Series, since attendance/popularity are so frequently mentioned by Cubbie fans.
One of my favorites that I heard very often from Cubbie fans following the Sox 2005 World Championship was the TV ratings. ROFLMAO!
It’s amazing how Cubbie fans feel validated by attendance/popularity. I frankly wouldn’t care if favorite team finished last in attendance if they won the World Series.
"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009
Why is it, then...
… that I have gone many times to the Cell for games NOT involving the Cubs, NOT wearing any Cubs gear and STILL hearing Sox fans there yelling “CUBS SUCK!”
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Personal experience...
… I’ve had the same experience at Wrigley. Witnessed it myself several times and read about it in (in the Sun-Times) 2003 when the Cubbies clinched that there was a chant of “Sox suck.”
The only times I’ve EVER heard chants of “CUBS SUCK” at the Cell is when there have been Cubbie fans prancing around in their Cubbie gear and taunting Sox fans. Even at that, I’ve only heard that once or twice and that was years ago.
But how does your personal experience prove that oft repeated urban myth that “Sox fans care more about the Cubs losing…”
"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009
Huh.
Never heard that myself. Were you wearing Sox garb at the time?
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
The Sun-Times documented Cubbie fans chanting anti-Sox crap after the clinched.
The only times I’ve EVER heard anyone chanting anti-Cubbie crap was when Cubbie fans were working at irritating and igniting the situation.
- Cubbie fans in Cubbie garb at The Cell
vs. - Sox fans in Sox garb at Wrigley
The oft repeated myth is that it’s worse at The Cell in this situation, but I’ll tell you that’s exactly the opposite. Cubbie fans go out of their freaking minds if you wear, even the smallest, Sox stuff at Wrigley.
"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009
The same reason people sell racist t-shirts outside Wrigley
But, why acknowledge there are idiots in both fan bases, much more fun to wildly demean each other!
The Chicago Bulls.....the more profitable Los Angeles Clippers.
by Ozzie Montana on Jul 28, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Outstanding
Count me as huge fan of Buerhle. The guy is a left-handed Greg Maddux. A World Series ring, 130 wins, 2 no-hitters and his entire career with the Sox. You have to root for stories like that.
Cubs will win 79 to 83 games. Season has been over for weeks. St. Louis will eventually run away with this division. And you can print it. BLou (7/21/09)
Heard Buerhle on the radio
For his first no-hitter in 2007 he bought all his teammates a fancy watch. This time he is buying something even better. Plans on spending a LOT of money.
Again, you got to like guys like Buerhle.
Cubs will win 79 to 83 games. Season has been over for weeks. St. Louis will eventually run away with this division. And you can print it. BLou (7/21/09)
Dewayne Wise should get a house
a car, a watch, another car, and a condo.
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
Hats off to a great pitcher who's finally getting his due
Congrats to him and all Sox fans from this Cubs’ diehard.
Kudos to #56
Gotta love seeing a class act like Buehrle pitch a perfect game, second no-no of his career. He really is in the upper etchelon of Major League pitchers and a game like today’s couldn’t have happened to a better guy.
I loved watching this game. Good for him. I’m no Sox fan but it was still a hell of a thing to see. Congrats, Mark!
Buerhle
Buerhle once said the only thing he doesn’t like about being in the AL is he’d love to hit. And he hit a homerun this year in an interleague game (or it might have been last year(.
This guy is a complete class act. When I ran a charity event he was a part of a few years ago he teased me about being a Cubs fan but it was good natured, I said I rooted for him except when he pitched against us. Frankly I root for the Sox or don’t care either way unless they play us.
Even when he pitches against us I want him to not win and not get the loss and for us to beat the pen.
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Not everyone in Chicago was rooting for Buerhle
the cubbie blue nation turned green with envy to aee a Sox player do this. they know they will never see a cubbie pitcher throw a perfect game. i am proud of Buerhle threw that game and stuck it to all the cub fans at bars across city rooting for a hit
take it easy
why care about a bloggers grammar
Yeah, I'm sure that's just what Mark was thinking
in the ninth after Wise made that circus catch.
“Sweet, only two outs to go and I can really stick it to those damn Cubs fans!”
"I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said." ~William F. Buckley, Jr.
What a special boy...
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 27, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
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