Dwayne Wise himself made his career right there. An icing to the perfect game and an even bigger achievement by Buehrle.
Dwayne Wise himself made his career right there. An icing to the perfect game and an even bigger achievement by Buehrle.
Throw in the fact that we're now in a tie for first place (thanks, Seattle!) and this was a very good day in baseball for me.
White Sox > Tigers (IMO)Originally Posted by MDF3530;438825;
Just thought I'd point that out.
What sucks is that we could be down two games to them after tomorrow.
They play a day-night DH in Detroit.
It was in 2007.
And who are you, the proud lord said, that I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different coat, that's all the truth I know. In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws, And mine are long and sharp, my lord, as long and sharp as yours.
Fangraphs just had a cool stat. Buehrle was only on the mound for 32 minutes today.
The way the Tigers are playing, there is no way we will lose both those games.
We have actually been doing okay against good hitters. And we absolutly destroy verlander most of the time he is against us.
"Frustration" " when you suck at baseball, just punch people in the face"
Awesome for Buehrle. I listened to the 9th on the radio on the way home from Dallas today. Good stuff.
Regardless of team loyalties, You have to applaud this. It's just so rare.
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
He does work pretty quick. He doesn't do all that shit other pitchers do, like stepping off the mound, removing his hat and wiping his forehead, going to the rosin bag after every pitch, etc. He gets the ball back and is ready to throw the next pitch.
That's less than four minutes per inning. Pretty crazy.
Buehrle's going to deliver the Top Ten tonight on Letterman.
I saw on ESPN today the amazing similarities between Buehrle's No Hitter and Perfect Game.
Both games lasted 2:03, a White Sox batter hit a grand slam and the same ump was behing home plate.
In his No Hitter, he walked one batter, otherwise would have been a Perfect Game.
It's too bad more pitchers don't work like that.
Anyone remember Steve Trachsel? Lordy.
Thrachsel began his windup before the catcher threw the ball back at him.
WAR is good for something.
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