Comments on: PERFECT IN EVERY WAY

By: jms

jms — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:35:09 +0000

Let’s hear it for MLB Advanced Media for sucking the joy out of your post by making a DMCA takedown of the video.

Great publicity, guys!!!!

By: Nagarajan Sivakumar

Nagarajan Sivakumar — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:29:38 +0000

Rick,
Congrats as a White Sox fan ! As a baseball fan, you have to tip your hat to Buerhle and Dwayne Wise making that acrobatic catch - your description of the catch was cool ! Could have mentioned that Ozzie made the defensive switch to have DeWayne Wise for the 9th inning, but what the heck, let me throw it out there.

I couldnt agree more that it couldnt have happened to a nicer guy - look at his reaction ! Such humbling sense of wonder - can you imagine this in a day and age where professional sportsmen in football and basketball indugle in such extravagant celebrations for the simplest of things ?

And this guy just threw the 18th perfect game in a professional league that is 100 plus years in a sport which requires such unique skills that it blows your mind way.

And lets not forget that Buerhle pitched a no hitter in 2007 - its amazing that he could now do one better !

By: Gayle Miller

Gayle Miller — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:30:30 +0000

Thanks for sharing that! I grew up in Cleveland, watching the Indians. They’ve been breaking my heart since 1948! But I was lucky enough at age 6 to appreciate attending the World Series games that took place in Cleveland. Not many people alive can say that. Those were the days when Bob Hope owned a piece of the Indians (he grew up in Cleveland) and Bing Crosby owned a piece of the Pittsburgh Pirates! And baseball was FUN! Thanks again for sharing and reminding me for a moment of a cherished childhood memory!

By: CZ

CZ — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:33:39 +0000

“For the second time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my White Sox, and not just because Buerle’s has done well, but because I think people are hungry for another World Series Championship.”

By: ajmontana

ajmontana — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:16:02 +0000

Perfecto! gotta love that.

Go Halo’s!!!

By: sota

sota — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:36:21 +0000

I’ve always been fascinated by the perfect game in baseball. It’s an accomplishment so rare that I can’t think of another feat in any sport that even approaches it in terms of difficulty.

I’d disagree with your recipe for the perfect game (it’s way more than 2-to-1 luck-to-skill), but the sentiment is dead on. The marriage of a game dripping with so many statistic-mongers and a challenge this difficult is brilliant.

I still don’t quite understand how Joss did it in only 74 pitches. Incredible.

By: 11B40

11B40 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:15:35 +0000

Greetings:

Back in the ’60s, I went to opening day at Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox were in town and they had a rookie pitcher, Bill Rohr, on the mound. The game was actually kind of boring until about the sixth inning when everyone seemed to notice that the rookie had a no-hitter going. In the bottom of the ninth, Elston Howard, the Yankee catcher, came up to bat and hit a single. He was a popular player, but the fans actually booed him. Needless to say, he was a bit shocked by that response, but after a pretty boring game, I guess the fans wanted to be able to say they saw a no hitter.