White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle throws perfect game (1 Viewer)

[TommyGilmore]

Breaking news here in the FFA, though.

 

[ClownCausedChaos]

There's a baseball forum?

 

[wraith5]

As much as I dislike the Sox, that's truly outstanding. I'll be looking for the highlights tonight.

Congrats to Buehrle.

:tipshat:

 

[SecondCity34]

Incredible play by De-Wayne Wise with no outs in the top of the ninth to keep the perfect game going. All things considered, maybe one of the best 2 or 3 Web Gems in the majors this season.

 

[flysack]

Wow. Even more incredible that it was against the Rays. This isn't a beat team - they have hitters and are in contention.

Amazing feat. Congrats White Sox fans.

 

[TommyGilmore]

It's in the FFA for 5 minutes before getting buried in a forum that nobody reads. I wonder if that means that the mods hate the FFA, or if they hate the Baseball Forum?

 

[Limp Ditka]

Thank god this heathen baseball thread has been moved to preserve the sanctity of the FFA

 

[BoulderBob]

The Wise catch was insane, about as good as I've ever seen...

 

[shuke]

Congrats White Sox fans.

What did they do?

 

[urbanhack]

Congrats White Sox fans.

What did they do?

We're going to tear up the ####### town!

 

[beergut]

Wise's catch

Good lord...

Wise helps Buehrle make history!

 

[shuke]

Wise's catch

Good lord...

Wise helps Buehrle make history!

Wow, top 10 ever.

 

[Buckfast 1]

I just saw a clip of the Wise catch. Unbelievable.

You don't see many home runs robbed that are hit directly in left-center field gap. It's amazing the speed that Wise was running at when he jumped at the wall. Spectacular catch.

 

[eagles2007]

Wise's catch was tremendous.

The highlight of the day, however, was Harrelson after the blonde interviewed Buehrle on the field:

'Thanks honey'

 

[TenTimes]

Congrats White Sox fans.

What did they do?

Had good fortune?

 

[jamny]

Wise's catch

Good lord...

Wise helps Buehrle make history!

WOW!

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Very cool and a nice guy.

 

[wadegarrett]

Wise's catch

Good lord...

Wise helps Buehrle make history!

Awesome catch. Dude was trucking when he saw that thing come off the bat.

 

[Wrigley]

:tipscap:

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

Awesome, and that catch, wow. And Wise had just come into the game. How 'bout that for a managerial move, however obvious it may have been?

Looking at the catch again just now, he probably doesn't bobble it if he wasn't holding it up to celebrate -- that's when it comes out. Man, he's lucky he caught it that second time.

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

Oh great, I just heard the Sox broadcast of it. I cringed before, and puked after. That bumbling idiot yells "YES" as loud as he possibly can, at least 5 times. How pathetic. Who does that? I mean what "professional" acts like that? Yeah, we know, you and your ego were at that game.

Seriously, what a loser.

 

[culdeus]

Wise's catch was tremendous.The highlight of the day, however, was Harrelson after the blonde interviewed Buehrle on the field:'Thanks honey'

that was pretty damn funny. I wondered if someone else thought so.

 

[BlueDemon]

but he's pocketing some pretty good coin, you can put it on the board...........YES

Oh great, I just heard the Sox broadcast of it. I cringed before, and puked after. That bumbling idiot yells "YES" as loud as he possibly can, at least 5 times. How pathetic. Who does that? I mean what "professional" acts like that? Yeah, we know, you and your ego were at that game. Seriously, what a loser.

 

[urbanhack]

Oh great, I just heard the Sox broadcast of it. I cringed before, and puked after. That bumbling idiot yells "YES" as loud as he possibly can, at least 5 times. How pathetic. Who does that? I mean what "professional" acts like that? Yeah, we know, you and your ego were at that game. Seriously, what a loser.

easy there Daniel.

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

Oh great, I just heard the Sox broadcast of it. I cringed before, and puked after. That bumbling idiot yells "YES" as loud as he possibly can, at least 5 times. How pathetic. Who does that? I mean what "professional" acts like that? Yeah, we know, you and your ego were at that game. Seriously, what a loser.

easy there Daniel.

Buddy, he's the worst. How do you blow(hard) such a great moment? Do you like him, Henry?

 

[urbanhack]

Oh great, I just heard the Sox broadcast of it. I cringed before, and puked after. That bumbling idiot yells "YES" as loud as he possibly can, at least 5 times. How pathetic. Who does that? I mean what "professional" acts like that? Yeah, we know, you and your ego were at that game.

Seriously, what a loser.

easy there Daniel.

Buddy, he's the worst. How do you blow(hard) such a great moment? Do you like him, Henry?

I like him in small doses. Been listening to him for years. Don't like all the ticky tack stuff during games (balls, strikes, etc.), but I had no problem with his calls down the stretch. It was awesome.

MERCY!

 

[Pat Patriot]

Oh great, I just heard the Sox broadcast of it. I cringed before, and puked after. That bumbling idiot yells "YES" as loud as he possibly can, at least 5 times. How pathetic. Who does that? I mean what "professional" acts like that? Yeah, we know, you and your ego were at that game.

Seriously, what a loser.

easy there Daniel.

Buddy, he's the worst. How do you blow(hard) such a great moment? Do you like him, Henry?

I like him in small doses. Been listening to him for years. Don't like all the ticky tack stuff during games (balls, strikes, etc.), but I had no problem with his calls down the stretch. It was awesome.

MERCY!

I like Hawk Harrelson. he used to announce Red Sox games way back when.

 

[awesomeness]

Oh great, I just heard the Sox broadcast of it. I cringed before, and puked after. That bumbling idiot yells "YES" as loud as he possibly can, at least 5 times. How pathetic. Who does that? I mean what "professional" acts like that? Yeah, we know, you and your ego were at that game.

Seriously, what a loser.

easy there Daniel.

Buddy, he's the worst. How do you blow(hard) such a great moment? Do you like him, Henry?

Not even close to the worst. When there's a historic sporting event, its way better that the commentator has some personality. It makes it that much more memorable.Although i would love to see a Blue Jays pitcher throw a no-hitter/perfect game, i cringe at the thought of Jamie Campbell calling it.

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

Oh great, I just heard the Sox broadcast of it. I cringed before, and puked after. That bumbling idiot yells "YES" as loud as he possibly can, at least 5 times. How pathetic. Who does that? I mean what "professional" acts like that? Yeah, we know, you and your ego were at that game.

Seriously, what a loser.

easy there Daniel.

Buddy, he's the worst. How do you blow(hard) such a great moment? Do you like him, Henry?

Not even close to the worst. When there's a historic sporting event, its way better that the commentator has some personality.

Dude, any dumb drunk can do that. Sorry, but screaming (literally) "YES!" five times is not personality. As the whole thing unfolds, THAT is what he ends up coming up with? Really? It's the ultimate, "LOOK AT LISTEN TO ME!" -- everything baseball isn't.

 

[awesomeness]

Oh great, I just heard the Sox broadcast of it. I cringed before, and puked after. That bumbling idiot yells "YES" as loud as he possibly can, at least 5 times. How pathetic. Who does that? I mean what "professional" acts like that? Yeah, we know, you and your ego were at that game.

Seriously, what a loser.

easy there Daniel.

Buddy, he's the worst. How do you blow(hard) such a great moment? Do you like him, Henry?

Not even close to the worst. When there's a historic sporting event, its way better that the commentator has some personality.

Dude, any dumb drunk can do that. Sorry, but screaming (literally) "YES!" five times is not personality. As the whole thing unfolds, THAT is what he ends up coming up with? Really? It's the ultimate, "LOOK AT LISTEN TO ME!" -- everything baseball isn't.

Would you rather this have been said after the final out: "And Mark Buerhle has thrown the 18th perfect game in MLB history!" followed by a 30 second pause? When a historic event occurs, i don't wanna hear some generic line right after it happens. Also, how does YES = listen to/look at me?

 

[eagles2007]

Wise's catch was tremendous.The highlight of the day, however, was Harrelson after the blonde interviewed Buehrle on the field:'Thanks honey'

that was pretty damn funny. I wondered if someone else thought so.

she was smoking hot, but dumb as a bag of baseballs. if i knew what college she had slept her way to a degree from, i'd boycott them. it had been a whole 5 minutes since wise's catch and she asked buehrle what he thought of wise's catch for the SECOND OUT OF THE INNING.

 

[SecondCity34]

Wise's catch was tremendous.

The highlight of the day, however, was Harrelson after the blonde interviewed Buehrle on the field:

'Thanks honey'

that was pretty damn funny. I wondered if someone else thought so.

she was smoking hot, but dumb as a bag of baseballs. if i knew what college she had slept her way to a degree from, i'd boycott them. it had been a whole 5 minutes since wise's catch and she asked buehrle what he thought of wise's catch for the SECOND OUT OF THE INNING.

DePaul, I believe.

 

[SecondCity34]

Awesome, and that catch, wow. And Wise had just come into the game. How 'bout that for a managerial move, however obvious it may have been?Looking at the catch again just now, he probably doesn't bobble it if he wasn't holding it up to celebrate -- that's when it comes out. Man, he's lucky he caught it that second time.

He bobbled it because he hit the wall at the same time the ball landed in his glove. Definitely wasn't showboating - too much was on the line.

 

[shuke]

Awesome, and that catch, wow. And Wise had just come into the game. How 'bout that for a managerial move, however obvious it may have been?Looking at the catch again just now, he probably doesn't bobble it if he wasn't holding it up to celebrate -- that's when it comes out. Man, he's lucky he caught it that second time.

He bobbled it because he hit the wall at the same time the ball landed in his glove. Definitely wasn't showboating - too much was on the line.

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

Awesome, and that catch, wow. And Wise had just come into the game. How 'bout that for a managerial move, however obvious it may have been?Looking at the catch again just now, he probably doesn't bobble it if he wasn't holding it up to celebrate -- that's when it comes out. Man, he's lucky he caught it that second time.

He bobbled it because he hit the wall at the same time the ball landed in his glove. Definitely wasn't showboating - too much was on the line.

You're right, he wasn't showboating, I watched it a bunch more times. He definitely opened the glove up though, just slightly, as he was falling down, to let the ball settle in the pocket instead of the web, and that's when it came out. I'm sure he did this thinking knowing that when he hits the ground, it could come out if it was high in the webbing / not secure.

 

[Limp Ditka]

 

[Mr. Pickles]

No-hitter through three.

:earlyjinx:

 

[Green94]

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Through five...

 

[Billy Bats]

New record 43 straight retired. This is fun. MLB network carrying every inning.

 

[crewmember]

YES!

nice pick

 

[Wrigley]

WOW

 

[whitem0nkey]

mark buehrle you are ridiculous

 

[Alias]

bad call?

 

[Limp Ditka]

:standingo:

 

[optionmaven]

what an incredible run for buehrle. he is a man among men. pods should have had that ball. horrible attempt. still, hats off to mark for an awesome accomplishment.

 

[flapgreen]

first time I've wandered over to this wasteland. damn impressive run.

 

[Limp Ditka]

45 straight batters retired is a ML record

MINNEAPOLIS -- Chicago White Sox ace Mark Buehrle set a major league record by retiring 45 consecutive batters. Coming off a perfect game in his last start against Tampa Bay, Buehrle retired the first 17 Minnesota Twins batters on Tuesday night to surpass the record of 41 in a row set by and San Francisco's Jim Barr in 1972 and tied by teammate Bobby Jenks, a reliever, in 2007.Buehrle retired 27 in a row against the Rays in his last start, the 18th perfect game in baseball history, then breezed through the first five innings against the Twins to break the record.His bid for a second consecutive perfect game -- no pitcher in baseball history has achieved the feat -- ended with a walk to Alexi Casilla on a close call with two outs in the sixth. The Metrodome crowd stood and cheered after the walk, trying to rattle Buehrle. Then Denard Span followed with a single to break up the no-hitter.The Twins flashed the record on the main scoreboard.On the record-breaking play, Buehrle induced former teammate Joe Crede to hit a soft grounder to Alexei Ramirez at shortstop. He smiled after Paul Konerko made a nifty scoop of a low throw at first base for the second out of the inning. The ball was thrown into the White Sox dugout as a keepsake.Buehrle then induced Brendan Harris to groundout to shortstop to end the fifth inning and keep his perfect game going.The performance comes against a Twins team that he has had difficulty with in the past. His 23 career victories against the Twins are his most against any opponent. But four hitters in the lineup on Tuesday night had career averages of .316 or better against the lefty.

 

[Green94]

I like Hawk Harrelson. he used to announce Red Sox games way back when.

He is an acquired taste no doubt.

 

[Green94]

45 straight batters retired is a ML record

MINNEAPOLIS -- Chicago White Sox ace Mark Buehrle set a major league record by retiring 45 consecutive batters. Coming off a perfect game in his last start against Tampa Bay, Buehrle retired the first 17 Minnesota Twins batters on Tuesday night to surpass the record of 41 in a row set by and San Francisco's Jim Barr in 1972 and tied by teammate Bobby Jenks, a reliever, in 2007.Buehrle retired 27 in a row against the Rays in his last start, the 18th perfect game in baseball history, then breezed through the first five innings against the Twins to break the record.His bid for a second consecutive perfect game -- no pitcher in baseball history has achieved the feat -- ended with a walk to Alexi Casilla on a close call with two outs in the sixth. The Metrodome crowd stood and cheered after the walk, trying to rattle Buehrle. Then Denard Span followed with a single to break up the no-hitter.The Twins flashed the record on the main scoreboard.On the record-breaking play, Buehrle induced former teammate Joe Crede to hit a soft grounder to Alexei Ramirez at shortstop. He smiled after Paul Konerko made a nifty scoop of a low throw at first base for the second out of the inning. The ball was thrown into the White Sox dugout as a keepsake.Buehrle then induced Brendan Harris to groundout to shortstop to end the fifth inning and keep his perfect game going.The performance comes against a Twins team that he has had difficulty with in the past. His 23 career victories against the Twins are his most against any opponent. But four hitters in the lineup on Tuesday night had career averages of .316 or better against the lefty.

Awesome...