Perfect Game

by Basman on Jul 23, 2009 3:38 PM CDT

Mark Buehrle just tossed a perfect game against the Tamp Bay Rays. I know that it is the White Sox and all but WOW, he has really been pitching well for them and a perfect game is quite an accomplishment. There has not been a perfect game tossed sine the 2004 season.

Kudos and congrats to Buerhle and the White Sox fans. I think that he has been a class act for them and a hell of a pitcher. Coming into this season, I really thought his best days were behind him but I guess not.

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He now has a no hitter and a perfect game.

Impressive to say the least. How many guys have done that in their careers?

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by cubswynn on Jul 23, 2009 3:50 PM CDT reply actions

RJ did

that too, right?

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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Koufax was one

He had four no-hitters, including one perfecto. Cy Young also had both a no-hitter and a perfect game, and there were a few others as well to do it. But a very small group, obviously!

"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry

by danimal15 on Jul 23, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, I gotta believe that

that might be all of ‘em. I think I heard that this was only the 16th Perfect Game in Major League history, and we’ve already named 4 guys that have both the Perfect and the No-No. So unless any of the remaining 12 have done it, Buerhle becomes one of only four guys to do that. Not bad, not too bad at all.

"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 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Make that at least five - my sister-in-law's uncle did it.

And he was the only Senator to do it… ;-)

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by ballhawk on Jul 23, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Help me out...

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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Senator Jim Bunning… ;-)

No-hitter when he was with the Tigers and a perfect game with the Phillies.

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jul 23, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Ah, okay

Was thinking a completely different kind of Senator.

"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 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Bunning

Great pitcher, disappointing senator!

"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry

by danimal15 on Jul 23, 2009 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions

familial relationships prevent me from recommending this post

but take it on faith that I am nodding my head most emphatically…

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jul 23, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Addie Joss

Was the other pitcher to throw both a no-hitter and a perfect game.

"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry

by danimal15 on Jul 23, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions

K, we're

up to 6. And I guess I was incorrect in stating above that this was the 16th ever Perfect Game…apparently Mark’s is number 18.

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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Lilly

"That pitch wasn’t down and in, that pitch was down and up." Tim McCarver

by wrigleyrocker12 on Jul 23, 2009 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions

How many guys have done that in their careers

six to be exact:
      Mark Buhrle,
      Randy Johnson,
      Sandy Koufax
     Jim Bunning
     Adie Joss
     Cy Young

by cubssouvenirman on Jul 23, 2009 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions

i think i heard about this

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 23, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions

Haha

I didn’t feel like laying into the Basman.

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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanx for taking it easy on me :)

"I don’t believe that things go your way," said Lou Piniella, the Cubs manager.
"I believe you make things go your way."

by Basman on Jul 23, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions

I should have looked a little closer ... I missed it in the fanshots.

I guess the BCB posting police (the po po) will have to issue me a ticket

"I don’t believe that things go your way," said Lou Piniella, the Cubs manager.
"I believe you make things go your way."

by Basman on Jul 23, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm cool with it

because I can’t read fanshots on BCB mobile. So, carry on….

by LT on Jul 23, 2009 4:16 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

LT

has approved this FanPost!

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by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Jul 23, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions

You got it

Doesn’t mean you’re in the clear yet, however. Gotta believe someone’s gonna jump on you for your transgression.

"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 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm bracing for it !!!

"I don’t believe that things go your way," said Lou Piniella, the Cubs manager.
"I believe you make things go your way."

by Basman on Jul 23, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Very impressive

Buehrle seems like a pretty good guy and i like watching him pitch- Wise made an incredible catch…

by Manny Trillo on Jul 23, 2009 3:56 PM CDT reply actions

Exciting decade

Even the biggest Sox-hater here has to tip their hat to the White Sox this decade. They’’ve made the playoffs four times, won the World Series once, and now have two no-hitters, including a perfect game, from Buehrle, a really classy guy. As a Chicago fan, I’m happy to see it.

"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry

by danimal15 on Jul 23, 2009 3:56 PM CDT reply actions

agreed that buehrle is a class act...

best thing about this is that AJ wasn’t catching it……as much as i respect buehrle, i detest AJ…

by 12to23to17 on Jul 23, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Buehrle

I agree with the poster who said he had thought Buehrle’s best days were behind him. – I had also thought that and obviously I was wrong.

He’s talked about retiring in a few years, but I hope he doesn’t. He just turned 30, and has 134 wins. He has a legitimate shot at winning 300 if he can average 15 a year until he’s 40. Since he’s never had any health problems, he might just be able to do it. Ozzie has to let him pitch deeper into games more often though. This game aside, I think Ozzie has been quicker to pull Buehrle in recent years, which of course results in more no decisions.

"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry

by danimal15 on Jul 23, 2009 4:00 PM CDT reply actions

$hiites and Giggles

Milton ...... see the ball hit the ball

by lexmarklover on Jul 23, 2009 4:01 PM CDT reply actions

That''s awesome

His name will be in the history books forever, a truly phenomenal performance. And did you see Wise’s ABSURD catch in the 9th? That was just nuts!

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by MrNFL on Jul 23, 2009 4:14 PM CDT reply actions

d wise is the anti juan uribe

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 23, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions

soriano would have made that catch

right?

by murphymj on Jul 23, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions

might have lost a leg doing it

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 23, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh for the love of God.

How in the world do you people turn a perfect game, into rip on Soriano hour? Amazing.

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by cubswynn on Jul 23, 2009 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions

yea... that was the play of the game. impressive.

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by digitalbenjamin on Jul 23, 2009 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Methinks

Mr. Wise just earned a hefty “thank you” from Mr. Buehrle. At least, I would hope so.

by ErnieBanks on Jul 23, 2009 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Strippers!

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on Jul 23, 2009 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions

And cupcakes!

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by AndrewJStone on Jul 24, 2009 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions

π

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jul 25, 2009 1:00 AM CDT up reply actions

For what it's worth...

the Cubs didn’t allow any hits or base runners today either. :-)

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by RIOTSHIRTS.com on Jul 23, 2009 4:38 PM CDT reply actions

And the offensive output reverted back to normal.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 23, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL!

"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry

by danimal15 on Jul 23, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Soriano didn't strike out either

But I’m a little concerned about their walk total.

by ak123 on Jul 23, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions

i'm happy for buerhle

i’m not happy that i will have to hear about it for the next 25 years from the most obnoxious fans in baseball

the only thing that would have made this day better for mark is if he did it in a cardinals jersey lol

by SamuraiMike50 on Jul 23, 2009 4:42 PM CDT reply actions

They earned bragging rights

Can’t wait to watch the replay!

by ak123 on Jul 23, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Bragging rights? Because one of their starters threw a perfect game?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 23, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Yup

Just like we got bragging rights for Z’s no hitter.

Just remind them that a perfect doesn’t change that their fans suck.

by ak123 on Jul 23, 2009 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions

I didn't brag about that...that's stupid.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 24, 2009 1:49 AM CDT up reply actions

Neither did I

I was proud.

But we all know many fans did.

by ak123 on Jul 24, 2009 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions

“haha cubs suck their pitchers cant accomplish one of the hardest feats in history hahahah”

wells4roty

by jesus christos on Jul 23, 2009 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Correct

And I’ve never heard a Cubs fan mention Woodys 20k game to a sox fan.

"That pitch wasn’t down and in, that pitch was down and up." Tim McCarver

by wrigleyrocker12 on Jul 23, 2009 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Why the hell would I congratulate their fans?

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Jul 23, 2009 5:23 PM CDT reply actions

because

some of them actually managed to show up to the ballpark today.

by nathew on Jul 23, 2009 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions

As I posted in the FanShot...

… tip o the cap to the Rays, who applauded the achievement. Class acts all the way around.

This is why, if the Cubs ever do get no-hit, I will applaud. Not because they lost the game, but because baseball history was made. Those who don’t understand this aren’t real baseball fans.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jul 23, 2009 6:01 PM CDT reply actions

and if it's Game 7 of the NLCS

and the Cubs get no hit? It’s history.

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by Rage and Grace on Jul 23, 2009 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Um...

… in that case, I don’t think I’d be quite as magnanimous.

Since there has been only one no-hitter (Larsen’s perfect game) in postseason history, I’m pretty sure the chances of that happening are very small.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jul 23, 2009 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions

True that

I can’t not give someone a good ribbing if I see the opportunity open, I’m sorry. Haha.

" I hate that lady , but would totally do her. So strange is this mind of mens." - Skisgaar Skwigelf

by Rage and Grace on Jul 23, 2009 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle

honestly, absurd hypotheticals searching for a philosophical loophole are insulting.

What would you do if the cubs were about to win the world series in a 7th game and you had an instantly fatal condition that could be completely cured if you took a pill that worked only when your right pinky toe tingled but would leave you comatose for 2 weeks. Otherwise, you drop dead in moments.

And an asteroid was bearing down on the planet.

So your pinky toe starts tingling with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and you know that you’ll die within seconds unless you ingest the pill and put yourself out of commission for two weeks so you’ll never see the outcome of the game, nor the celebration and chances are 50/50 that the asteroid wipes out civilization and you awaken to a desolate wasteland.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO!!!!!!?????

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by Gibbon Jockey on Jul 23, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Wow

Well first I’d pop some Prozac and then look at the comment just above yours and realize it’s all in satire.

Or write another lengthy response to more satire and make myself look like more of a fool. Either way.

" I hate that lady , but would totally do her. So strange is this mind of mens." - Skisgaar Skwigelf

by Rage and Grace on Jul 23, 2009 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions

i'd have another beer

by coral on Jul 24, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions

Congrats to Mark!!

The video of him, his wife and baby girl was so sweet.

Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT

by sue369 on Jul 23, 2009 6:06 PM CDT reply actions

He deserves extra kudos

For managing a perfect game in front of that ham-handed White Sox defense.

I saw the highlight catch in centerfield on TV at lunchtime, but I also remember all of the lousy glovework in the crosstown games that I saw this year.

"When you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill

by vonde6 on Jul 23, 2009 6:39 PM CDT reply actions

Buerhle

…would have rather pitched that perfect game for the Redbirds, though. Just ask him.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jul 23, 2009 6:40 PM CDT reply actions

What a great performance by Buehrle!

He got some great defensive help, but beyond that he was incredible on the mound. Congratulations on a perfect game!

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by Clutch16 on Jul 23, 2009 7:46 PM CDT reply actions

Pretty amazing...

actually had me excited watching the replay. Still wish it wasn’t Hawk Harrelson announcing…“MERCY!”

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by Kinky Reggae on Jul 23, 2009 9:42 PM CDT reply actions

I was in the car driving back from Philly when this game was on.

Heard the last 3 innings on the radio. A lot of people don’t like Ed Farmer as a play by play man, but I thought he made a real nice call of the final inning.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jul 24, 2009 7:14 AM CDT up reply actions

mark Buehlre is no greg maddux

Mark Buehrle is awsome and if he was in the Cubs o0rganization they would of let him leave 4 years ago to make salary room for Soriono and Kosuke FukoDome. he would of been another greg maddux instead he will play most of his entire hall of fame career in Chicago…for da sox

by left shark on Jul 24, 2009 1:17 AM CDT reply actions

Unless he pitches for a minimum of 8 more years

he won’t make the HoF.

Just win the next game...!

by blackhawk24 on Jul 27, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Thats silly at best

That’s silly at best.

It amazes me people use something from 17 years ago still. Are you the guy that bugged MacPhail about it every year at the convention when Andy was in Minnesota 3 years from joining the Cubs when it happened?

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by puckishcubsfan on Jul 24, 2009 6:36 AM CDT reply actions

Who are you responding to?

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.

by daver on Jul 24, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions

So what is more of a dominating pitching effort

5/6/98 or 7/23/09???

I don’t remember a hard-hit ball off of Woody, certainly not one that nearly cleared the yellow line by a foot, foot-and-a-half.

There’s been 18 perfect games, at least one of them in post season play.

There’s been only 4 times, 20 batters were struck out in 9-innings, 2 by one guy; Clemens.

Yes, Buehrle went 27-up, 27-down… with some serious defencive help. However which performance was more mystifying to opposing hitters? That slurve Woody used to throw (and possibly a contributor to his injury issues) absolutely baffled the ’stros that day.

Just win the next game...!

by blackhawk24 on Jul 27, 2009 1:08 PM CDT reply actions