Buehrle perfect game

If Buehrle were pitching against the Royals today, how much more perfect would he have been? No balls hit out of the infield? 38 total pitches? A pop-up caught in his hat to end the game?

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He would make Olivo swing so hard

His arms would fly off and the bat would knock Kevin Seitzer’s head off leading to mass panic and confusion with Trey’s feelings.

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by ratherfantastic on Jul 23, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions

That or Ryan Freel would throw the bat back there...

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by 306008 on Jul 23, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Mark Bue-H-rl-e

Why am I stuck here in this universe when Buehrle does this!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and not a Royals pitcher)

However, that is pretty amazing that….that just happened. Good for him.

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jul 23, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions

My anger that a White Sox(ck?) accomplished this

is almost balanced out by my relief that the Royals somehow weren’t the victims

by PopeSoria on Jul 23, 2009 6:46 PM EDT reply actions

that dewayne wise catch was unreal

further proving perfect games are 99% pure luck

by slayor on Jul 23, 2009 7:27 PM EDT reply actions

Wait, are you shitting me?!

Mark Fucking Buehrle pitched a perfect game?!?

That’s ridiculous. He has to be the worst pitcher to ever throw a perfecto.

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 23, 2009 9:46 PM EDT reply actions

He was helped by an amazing catch from dewayne wise

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by ratherfantastic on Jul 23, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions

as opposed to all the other perfect games which certainly involved little or no good defense

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 23, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Now that I've done some research, I stand corrected

I think he’s got the edge on Charlie Robertson (White Sox, 1922)

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 23, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Why? Worse pitchers than Buehrle have had no-hitters

and Pedro and Clemens never had perfect games or no hitters.

Brady Anderson once hit 52 home runs

Hell, Dayton Moore has made good free agent acquisitions.. anything is possible

Don Larsen (perfect game 1956) was a legiitmately crappy pitcher — 1956 was the only season he was every above average.

Addie Joos had a comparable career to Buehrle’s

Charlie Robertson made Don Larsen’s career look almost as, um, Mark Buehrle’s in comparison

Buehrle’s probably already had as good or better a career than Catfish Hunter, one of the most overrated players of all-time

Len Barker was another mediocrity

Mike Witt was better than Barler or Larsen or Robertson, but isn’t in Buehrle’s league

Ditto for Tom Browning

Dennis Martinez had a really long career, but his peak years aren’t any better than Buehrle’s

Kenny Rogers was just like Buehrle except for a monster year in 1998

David Wells pitched forever and had a lot of above average years, but again, no peak like Buehrle’s

the other guys, yeah, most were better than Buehrle… but a perfect game, while awesome and cool, still takes a lot of luck (and luck also includse the pitcher deviating a long ways from true talent) to happen

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 23, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I wish we had a grizzled vet full of the grit it took to throw perfection.

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by 306008 on Jul 23, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions

It Could Happen

Mostly ‘cause Zack don’t give a shit; he just wants to win.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 24, 2009 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions

You're right, most of the best pitchers of all time never had a perfect game

Bob Gibson, Nolan Ryan, Walter Johnson, Greg Maddux, Warren Spahn…

Perfectos really are predicated almost entirely on defense. Hell, if Juan Uribe didn’t suck so much ass this would be the second perfect game in two weeks, and Johnathan Sanchez would also have a place in history.

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 24, 2009 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Also a mind boggling amount of luck

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 24, 2009 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions

You mean the best pitchers of all time never had a perfect game

and neither did Nolan Ryan?

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 24, 2009 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions

What?

You mean to tell me that a guy who pitched for 27 seasons with a career ERA of 3.19 and almost 6000 strikeouts isn’t one of the best pitchers of all time? Sure he walked a lot of guys, but apparently he stranded them. His win/loss differential isn’t so great, but pitcher wins and losses are arbitrary anyway. By what measure would you say that he isn’t one of the best?

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 24, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I was being hyperbolic (the other way)

but I do think he’s tremendously overrated because of the Ks, the no-hitters, and just being pretty good a lot. Yes, he has almost the same career WAR as Bob Gibson… in about 1500 more innings. So yes, he’s one of the best pitchers of all time, but I don’t think he belongs in the same conversation with the other guys you listed. He can’t hold Seaver’s or Clemen’s jocks, either.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 24, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions