I am sure most of all baseball fans are familiar with the term no hitters. But even more of a feat is the Perfect Game. Most folks remember the Don Larsen gem in the world series. Where my favorite guy Larry "yogi" Berra jumps into Larsen's arms. I was watching the Rays game when Burhele of the Chicago Whitesox did it to them. He was on fire, of course that great catch by thier center fielder, who was put in for defense. One of the Rays announcers, Kevin Kenndy, I believe put up names of previous pefect game pitchers. Koufax not only threw a perfect game, but struck out 20 men in the game. Can you imigine 20 of the 27 went down. It has been said that Sandy had three pitches. A fastball, a curve and change up. Some say that if two of his pitches weren't up to par that day, no matter he could beat you with the last one.
As I was raised in Burbank, California I have seen Koufax pitch at Dodger Stadium. When tickets were cheap. Behind home plate his curve ball was like falling off a table. If he was on, I swear that pitch was unhittable. I think he was the best pitcher to ever play, in his prime. The following I took from Google. I saw this game in person.Sandy Koufax's perfect game was the first one pitched at night. It was nearly a double no-hitter: Cubs pitcher Bob Hendley gave up only one hit, a bloop double to left-fielder Lou Johnson in the seventh inning that did not figure in the scoring. The Dodgers scored their only run in the fifth inning: Lou Johnson reached first on a walk, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt, attempted a steal of third, and scored when Cubs catcher Chris Krug overthrew third base. The total number of base runners in the game—2—is the fewest in major league history
Monday, July 27, 2009
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