Dallas Braden of the Oakland A’s threw a perfect game against the League-leading Tampa Bay Rays on Mother’s Day May 9, 2010. The last perfect game thrown in the Majors was also against the Rays during the 2009 season. Oakland defeated Tampa Bay 4-0 in Oakland. Data on Dallas Braden: –Dallas Braden threw the 19th [...]
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Mark Buehrle has had a good week. First, he gets to play in the All-Star Game. Then, he gets to shake hands with President Obama, the White Sox Fan-In-Chief. Then, to top it off, he gets a phone call from the president today. Oh, and the reason for the phone call is pretty cool too: [...]
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Jonathan Sanchez, Giants, pitched the majors’ first no-hitter this season, recording a career-high 11 strikeouts in San Francisco’s 8-0 win over the San Diego Padres. Sanchez is a 26-year-old left-hander who returned to the rotation after a nearly three-week demotion to the bullpen, and he only got the call because 303-game winner Randy Johnson [...]
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