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Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Sun May 9, 2010 11:31 pm
by Susp3ct
good for him, and that too on mothers day. Lost his mother when he was a teen due to cancer, and what a gift he gave to his late mother. A very touching moment with his grandmother at the end
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?conte ... 5&c_id=mlb OAKLAND -- A's lefty Dallas Braden fired the 19th perfect game in Major League history on Sunday in Oakland's 4-0 win over the Rays at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday.
Braden, who lost his mother to cancer as a senior in high school, needed just 109 pitches (77 strikes) -- including a seven-pitch seventh-inning, nine-pitch eighth and 12-pitch ninth -- to retire Tampa Bay's 27 batters, six of whom struck out against the Oakland southpaw. He entered the game averaging 1.70 walks per nine innings, which is the fourth-lowest mark in the American League.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... p&c_id=mlband **** A-Rod, that steriod taking **** talker
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Sun May 9, 2010 11:33 pm
by Hoopstarr
I'm happy for the guy. For one, because people were giving him the "who the hell are you?" treatment after the A-Rod thing including A-Rod himself, so take that. And he's also a well-spoken guy who very knowledgeable about the game. He'll make a great analyst some day. As Joe Biden might say, a perfect game against Tampa is "a big **** deal"
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Sun May 9, 2010 11:54 pm
by Relentless88
Yeah, take that A-Rod!
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Sun May 9, 2010 11:57 pm
by Schad
Hoopstarr wrote:I'm happy for the guy. For one, because people were giving him the "who the hell are you?" treatment after the A-Rod thing including A-Rod himself, so take that. And he's also a well-spoken guy who very knowledgeable about the game. He'll make a great analyst some day. As Joe Biden might say, a perfect game against Tampa is "a big **** deal"
Heh, not if it keeps happening annually...they seem to have difficulty with left-handed groundball types.
Come to think of it, most of the league has difficulty with left-handed groundball types. Cecil, Romero, or Zip: which one goes perfecto on the Rays next year?
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 12:39 am
by Raider917
this is the shortest amount of time between perfect games (290 days).
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 12:41 am
by CapeCrusader
I'm missing something...what happened with A-Rod?
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 12:50 am
by Raider917
CapeCrusader wrote:I'm missing something...what happened with A-Rod?
he was ticked off when Arod walked over the mound between innings in a game between the Yankees and A's . appparently it is an unwritten rule.
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big ... mlb,236110
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 12:56 am
by Raider917
burnett is stirring the pot now.
As he prepared for his start Sunday at Fenway, Yankees starter A.J. Burnett spotted highlights of Braden hugging his grandmother, Peggy Lindsey, who was present for the perfect game in Oakland.
"Grandma, I love you, but don't cross my mound!" Burnett cracked.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... p&c_id=mlb
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 1:06 am
by CapeCrusader
ahhhh now i remember...don't really know which side I stand on that one.
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 1:25 am
by zilby
CapeCrusader wrote:I'm missing something...what happened with A-Rod?
After he ignited a triple play, and walked on the pitcher's mound to get to the dugout and Braden yelled at him because he thought it was rude and A-Rod acted superior and said he was getting over his head.
Congrats to Dallas, he pitched a great game and he oughta send a message to A-Rod anyway.
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 5:41 am
by oomalay
Damn, I decided to sit him out on my fantasy team because he was against the Rays and got rocked in his last start. Teaches me I guess
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:18 pm
by J-Roc
I was reading some Yahoo blog comments and came across this mention of Fernando Valenzuela's perfect game and of the ump calling a 3rd strike on Vince Coleman because he showed bunt in the 9th. You guys think the ump was playing by the unwritten rules?? See 1:55 of this clip. Btw, Evan Longoria tried to bunt his way on yesterday.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B3chx7A9Jo[/youtube]
Re: Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:19 am
by oomalay
Isn't it only a no-hitter if they have walks? ^ pretty messed up though.