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Perkins is going to be served up in a BREADBOWL!!! *waiting for rotten produce to be thrown*

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 02:29 PM) so u want to resign jd for another 3 years? i dont think we want to be like the cubs and have contracts for a lot of money for players in their late 30s. hes been great but i wouldnt do 3 years. just exercise the contract and see what happens 2-3 years for a RF/DH is not bad. JD has been consistent and if he stays relatively close to his career numbers, if the Sox want to trade him down the line, there will be takers. Also, I want Gabe Kapler as my 4th OF/DH. Not for a lot of money, but the guy's a gamer and I have always liked him.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 12:13 PM) The 20 game thing will not be as important in the 5 man rotation era. It's a lot harder now, and that will be acknowledged. As will 300 wins. I think 250 is more likely the automatic going forward.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 12:47 PM) Let's say our revenues SOMEHOW fell to the level of the Twins in 2008 ($158 million)...we out-earned them by $40 million even though our attendance numbers have been pretty similar over the last 2-3 seasons. We SHOULD still be spending $80 million, but Kenny is "acting" like we could be in the mid 60's or 70's. The only evidence that argues otherwise for KW is the Peavy acquisition. So we'll see if they take on a significant long-term contract in the next week, before the trading deadline. Well...I SHOULD be a billionaire, but I'm "acting" like a middle-class worker.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 11:48 AM) Dewayne Wise @ the ESPY awards next year? Definitely.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 10:59 AM) Frankly, they're not poor and they're not crying poor. They don't spend stupid money and people get pissed off when they don't spend stupid money to bring in players like the dominant team on the northside does. It's worked wonders for them right? That OUTFIELD they have is totally worth their contracts. It's the "Wife getting mad her husband won't buy her a BMW" scenario. Fixed.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 11:29 AM) Isn't it heartwarming? I mean it. The guy is definitely getting his 15 minutes. That catch will be on highlight reels for YEARS! Along with Endy Chavez and Willie Mays. And no, I'm not kidding.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 11:34 AM) Hopefully, they start selling these at the game: Wife and kids? I think they are already taken.

Happity Burfday! And I agree with Sqwert...ugh.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 24, 2009 -> 09:47 AM) Hopefully they have the ball he caught. He should get that (signed by MB) provided it wasnt the same ball used for the final out. Heard Fields on Waddle and Silvy (actually Dickerson and Haugh today) and he said he gave the ball to an MLB authenticity guy. He actually said he screwed up because he thought the guy would slap the "authentic" sticker on it and give it to Buehrle. That didn't happen. It's going to Cooperstown, I imagine. As for the question: hitting lessons.

Oh look...another "White Sox are cheap/crying poor/won't spend money" thread.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 04:56 PM) I figured it has never happened before, so i got curious and checked it out. Buehrle is indeed the first pitcher in baseball history to have thrown a no-hitter and a perfect game with the same umpire behind the plate. Well, there were only 6 pitchers to do it...

QUOTE (WCSox @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 05:01 PM) Yep, and that's (unfortunately) what'll likely keep him out of Cooperstown. Mark can dominate over the short-term, but he's never really been dominant over a full season or a 2-3 year span. Mind you, he's put up a number of very good seasons, but he's just never been considered the best at his position at any point in his career. You are right...BUUUUUUUT...there are few, if any pitchers that have been arguably the most important player ON THEIR TEAM for as long as he has. Plus...NO DL STINTS. *knocking on wood* I can't think of one pitcher that has been as consistent as Mark Buehrle.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 04:24 PM) He caught the last out of a perfect game. He'll remember that forever. Unless he wins a World Series.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 04:23 PM) I won't hesitate to correctly point out that Wise can't hit for sh*t. But he's beginning to grow on me defensively. Dude's made some VERY nice plays out in CF this year, and I give credit where credit is due. And if he only comes in for defense in the 8th and 9th innings...he won't be hitting much.

Couple other interesting things about this game: usually in no-hitters and perfect games you have a few fantastic plays...whether it be throws from the knees or diving catches or whatever. This, except for Dweezy's catch, had to be one of the easiest perfect games ever. Also, usually, there are lots of strikeouts...only 6 in this one. Also, anyone else think JOhn Buehrle looks like an older Don Cooper?

QUOTE (qwerty @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 03:56 PM) 263 no hitters have been thrown, 19 perfect games have been thrown, 18 of which have happened since 1900. Only five times in the history has a player thrown both, one other player has been apart of a perfect game and a combined no hitter. Cy Young, jim bunning, sandy koufax, randy johnson, mike witt was the one apart of a combined no-hitter There are three teams with multiple perfect games thrown. The yankees have had three pitchers throw a perfect game, don larsen, david wells, david cone. The indians have had two pitchers throw a perfect game, addie joss and len barker. The sox have charlie robertson and now mark buehrle. Already up on wikipedia, too.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 03:50 PM) No scandals, no b.s., just smiles and results And hunting trips...

White Sox have TWO pitchers that have been a part of a no hitter? Obviously MB with his no-no and perfect game aaaaaaaaand... Octavio Dotel part of a combined no-hitter with the Astros in 2003 against the Yankees. Interesting stat.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 03:43 PM) Should I just pin this and call it tomorrow's game thread? Yes.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 03:41 PM) Mark just surpassed Fisk on my all-time favorite Sox player list. You're old.

I don't know if BA woulda GOTTEN to that ball. Wise went a loooooooong way and BA isn't as fast. BUt, you know what...? WHO GIVES A s***?!?! MARK BUEHRLE GOT A PERFECT GAME!!!

QUOTE (watchtower41 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 03:35 PM) I'll take WS MVP instead. ^^^^^^^^ This x2

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 03:34 PM) The end of the call: ". . . Once again, great job, Mark. Will you support my healthcare bill?" Fixed.

President Obama has just called Mark Buehrle.