Last week I saw Andy Pettitte throw six and two-thirds innings of perfect baseball at against the Orioles at Camden Yards. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Adam Jones hit a ground ball to third. Alex Rodriguez was getting the night off, and his replacement at the hot corner, Jerry Hairston, booted it. Having grown up an Orioles fan and somewhere along the way developing into a Yankee-hater, one might think I would have been rooting for the Birds to end Pettitte’s bid for perfection; however, this was not so. As a fan of the game, I wanted to witness history. Sure; I would have preferred seeing an Oriole pitcher throw a perfecto (though even a shutout by one of this year’s starters would have been historic), but I can’t expect miracles.
Pnc Park
11 September 2009
31 July 2009
Since I last posted before my trip to Spain, there have been a number of noteworthy occurrences in Major League Baseball.
The American League won yet another All-Star Game – by a single run for the fourth year in a row. Manny Ramirez returned from his 50-game suspension. The Nationals fired manager Manny Acta. Jonathan Sanchez threw the season’s first no-hitter. The Braves gave up on underachieving hometown boy Jeff Francouer, and traded him to the Mets for Ryan Church, who hit the foul ball I caught at RFK in 2007. The most exciting news, however, took place the day I returned from my voyage: Mark Buerhle of the White Sox threw a perfect game. The following day, the A’s traded slugger Matt Holliday to the Cardinals, who now have protection for Albert Pujols.
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