Nothing reaffirms your love for baseball until you see something that has only happened 18 times in the history of the game. Yes, I was one of the 28,000 lucky people to see Mark Buehrle throw a perfect game today. I’ve seen some pretty amazing sporting events in person and on television, but it will be incredibly hard to top this. I think I noticed that he had it going by the end of the 4th inning. It was still early, but it was hard not to notice. He did look good early in the game considering he had mowed down some of the better hitters like Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria, Carlos Pena, and Ben Zobrist. He was cruising for awhile and the talk in the stands started to grow. The common practice in baseball is to not talk about a no-hitter when it is happening. It is bad luck. I did not see anything on TV, but I would be shocked if Hawk Harrelson even mentioned it until the end of the game. As the game wore on, my stomach was even turning since I knew I had the chance to see something special. Luck, though, was on Buehrle’s side. There were two foul balls down the left field line that missed by inches. One of them almost knocked over the third base umpire. And, I’m sure most people will talk about the catch by Dewayne Wise. I was unable to see the catch because I was in the left field bleachers, but when it came off his bat, I figured it was over. Then, the crowd right above his head started cheering and I was stunned. At that point, it was fate. I’ll be recording the replay tonight, buying newspapers tomorrow, and getting pictures and videos from my friend who went with me. No other words to describe it…
