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Boston fans raining down boos on Valentine and the bullpen.

Saw that and was like WHAT? And we were all ripping FOX for not going away for Humber's performance when it was a 9-0 or 9-1 lead, haha. Imagine the meltdown in Boston when/if they ultimately lose this one. Our old friend V. Padilla, Albers, Morales and Aceves all contributing to the blown save. Padilla gave up five by himself. Tex and Nick Swisher with 6 RBI's each. Wonder when's the last time a team came back from 9-0 down and two guys had six ribbies each? Or even a time when a team had two guys both put up 6?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 06:04 PM) You know, any single pitcher in any given day can catch lightning in a bottle. Nothing can take this day away from the man... hundreds of thousands of games, and he was perfect for one day against the best in the world. Who cares what anyone thinks of him previous to this day? Give the man his due. That was kind of the point. One of those amazing comeback stories that all Americans love to get behind and root for, like Dennis Quaid playing Jim Morris in THE ROOKIE. http://www.hbo.com/real-sports-with-bryant...lt-mariner.html Just like this story on HBO about the M's Delabar, who threw the 8th and 9th innings. http://recruitingcycle.com/dreams-never-fa...orts-interview/

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?c_id=mlb...opic_id=8879206 Video of the last out and dogpile. Was hoping and praying Peavy, Humber or Sale wouldn't get injured. Those two guys were among the first ones out there, streaking towards the mound.

When the Mets drafted Phil Humber back in 2004, I was thrilled. Even though my baseball knowledge was still in a prehistoric state, I had read enough about Humber to get excited about the prospects of the Mets drafting him. As a member of Rice University's "Big Three" along with Jeff Niemann and Wade Townsend, there was quite a bit of buzz around Humber, and I considered the Mets fortunate to have had the opportunity to draft him. When I arrived at Mets spring training in 2005, I was eager to get the opportunity to meet Humber and get an autograph. Even though the Mets had just drafted Humber, they invited him to spring training and he quickly shined with the Mets. The buzz surrounding Humber was building. People like me were convinced that Humber was going to be the next big thing simply after scouring all the scouting reports and articles about the Mets' first round pick. As soon as Humber finished his workout for the day and signed autographs, a massive amount of people surrounded him, hoping and pleading for an autograph or picture. You would have thought that Humber was Roger Clemens or something. Luckily for me, I was able to walk away from Mets camp that day with a Philip Humber autographed baseball—on the sweet spot. I immediately put the ball into a ball holder, firmly believing that this guy was the future ace of my beloved New York Mets. But before I knew it, Humber was hurt. Just a few months into the 2005 season, Humber was forced to undergo the dreaded Tommy John surgery. Just like that, his season was over and his future was very much in question. And then, something amazing happened. Humber's recovery from Tommy John surgery went more quickly than anticipated and, just one year later, Humber was back in AA. By the end of 2006, Humber made his major league debut with the Mets as a relief pitcher. The buzz was back! Or so I thought. Even though Humber put up good numbers in 2007, he was not the same lights-out kind of pitcher that the Mets had hoped for. It was clear that Humber was not the same pitcher post-surgery as he was prior to it. The Phil Humber ceiling was inevitably lowered. By 2008, Humber was traded by the Mets in the Johan Santana deal. Just like that, the Mets had traded their "future ace," who, just three years earlier, was their top draft pick and one of the best prospects in the Mets' system. Even though Humber's velocity appears to have come back since his surgery, the results simply were not there this spring training. Humber did wind up making the Twins opening day roster, but once the Twins needed to make a roster move, there was no doubt who the Twins were going to designate for assignment: Philip Humber. In just five years, Humber has gone from a third overall pick to a guy struggling for his major league life. While Humber might never have piles of fans yearning for his autograph, I hope that Humber can simply maintain a major league career. from bleacherreport.com back in 2009

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 29th round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign. June 7, 2004: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed January 11, 2005. February 2, 2008: Traded by the New York Mets with Deolis Guerra (minors), Carlos Gomez and Kevin Mulvey to the Minnesota Twins for Johan Santana. October 6, 2009: Granted Free Agency. December 11, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals. December 17, 2010: Selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Kansas City Royals. January 18, 2011: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Oakland Athletics.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/21/white...ners/?hpt=hp_t2 CNN "Pitcher Perfect" a pretty lame headline for yahoo sports. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/04/21...tml?_r=1&hp Front page of NY Times (at least internet edition)

Mark Buehrle's perfect game Buehrle was assisted by a dramatic ninth-inning wall-climbing catch by center fielder DeWayne Wise to rob Gabe Kapler of a home run; Wise entered the game as a defensive replacement in that inning. This was the first major league perfect game in which the pitcher and catcher were battery-mates for the first time; Ramón Castro had been acquired by the White Sox less than two months before.[41] This was also the first perfect game to feature a grand slam, by Josh Fields in the bottom of the second inning. Umpire Eric Cooper, who called the game, was behind the plate for Buehrle's previous no-hitter, as well.[42] On July 28, Buehrle followed up with another 5⅔ innings of perfection to set the major league record for consecutive batters retired at 45 (including the final batter he faced in his last appearance before the perfect game).[43] Perfect games lost to the 27th batter On June 27, 1958, Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox gave up a double, which landed just inches in fair territory, on his first pitch to Senators pinch hitter Ed Fitz Gerald.[63] On April 15, 1983, Milt Wilcox of the Tigers surrendered a pinch-hit single to the White Sox' Jerry Hairston, Sr.[65] Then you have the infamous Armando Galarraga/Jim Joyce incident. Halladay and Dallas Braden were the two to do it since Mark.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 04:33 PM) THE HUMBER GAMES!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE! !!! That would be a very good headline for the Trib or Sun-Times. Too bad it was on the road.

Alexei with the Gatorade bath in the middle of the FOX interview. Felt so good for Humber there, he's a super humble Humber...guess his wife is expecting now, too. Amazingly, 3 out of 21 perfect games in history of the game by the White Sox (14.3%) April 30th, 1922 Charles Robertson July 23rd, 2009 Mark Buehrle April 21st, 2012 Phil Humber

Too bad 75% of Sox fans will probably expect a late start and not even realize the game was played in the afternoon.

Morel blown away his last 2 AB's. Oh, well...as they said, who cares at this point?

Nice, DeAza. Pulling another ball through the right side of the infield.

Get to see Lilly's and Beckham's ability to turn around 96-97 MPH heat.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 04:05 PM) MLB can't even make this a free broadcast now because of the stupid blackout rules. Some of the games even get blacked out here in China...as if it was possible for me to go to the ballpark, like Twins/Rays yesterday. So weird and random. Thankfully, this one's on MLB.TV and my internet connection is fast enough not to catch and freeze every 2-3 minutes.

24 up, 24 down. 3 more to go.

Jeeez, the middle of this game has been played like it was the final game of the season and everyone had tee times tmrw morning. Everyone's focused on Humber. At least KW has that jewel in his back pocket, and the Twins, Royals and A's all can wonder why they let him go. It's not like the Royals couldn't use some pitching. Wonder if a pitcher's ever thrown a no-no after being waived/released 2-3 times in his career? 7 k's, 74 pitches, 22 outs. Viciedo really got white quickly, lol. Lilly in LF.

Konerko usually doesn't look that bad usually. 2% of the country? Is Karros joking or serious?

What could be MORE interesting would be if that dude's the last hitter of the game and he tries to bunt a 2nd time...

21 up, 21 down. Got past Ichiro.

Got 2 extra MPH on that fastball. Blew Figgins away.

Shades of the Ben Davis bunt back when he was playing for the Padres. Poor Curt Schilling, couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Can't fault the Japanese players for bunting, that's what they have been trained to do their entire careers over there.

18 up, 18 down. C'mon Alejandro Pena DeAza, let's manufacture a run this inning, please. Good point Sims, Humber hasn't even had to go to a single full-count.

Viciedo now down all the way to .186 and should sit tmrw for Fukudome. Beckham parked at .184. White Sox doing their usual mid-game thing of sitting on a lead and not adding more. 56 vs. 101 pitches for almost the same exact number of outs.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 03:25 PM) Guys who are the Spanish announcers for the sox? Hector I'm Not Nestor Molina and Billy Russo, WNUA. http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/2377-...5-espn-deportes