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45 up, 45 down
45 up, 45 down
Over three games Mark Buehrle was perfect through 15 innings. Starting on July 18, when Nick Markakis flied out to center in the 8th, through Thursday’s perfect game and ending in the sixth inning of last night’s game not one batter reached base. As a result Buehrle set the major ...
Mark Buehrle Makes History. Again.
Mark Buehrle Makes History. Again.
babeslovebaseball.com — Mark Buehrle's badassery knew no bounds for quite a while there. The Chicago White Sox ace set... a major league record Tuesday night by retiring 45 straight batters. In a row... (more) Mark Buehrle Makes History. Again.
Mark Buehrle Takes It Too Far
Mark Buehrle Takes It Too Far
notqualifiedtocomment.com — The SI Cover Curse wasn't to blame, Mark Buehrle let down his team with his pregame pitching... mound antics. A tongue in cheek analysis of what went wrong in Mark Buehrle's record setting loss to the Twins last night in Minneapolis. (more) Mark Buehrle Takes It Too Far
Buehrle, perfect through 5, sets record with 45 straight retired
Buehrle, perfect through 5, sets record with 45 straight retired
sports.yahoo.com — In his first start since tossing the 18th perfect game in major league history, Mark Buehrle set... down the Twins in order for 5 2/3 innings, helping him set a record with 45 straight batters retired. Jim Barr of the Giants and Buehle's teammate ... (more) Buehrle, perfect through 5, sets record with 45 straight ...
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Daily Box Score 7/29: The Other Shoe
Beyond the Box Score — ... Jenks looked on from the bullpen as Buehrle broke his record. Over at Fangraphs, Dave Allen works his PitchF/X magic on the streak: ...

Things to Read: 7/30
Tremendous Upside Potential — This is the new (hopefully) daily p.m. link dump here at TUP. You can send submissions to rickhouse@blogsbyfans.com. And don't forget about my Bears post below. FanGraphs: Charting Mark Buehrle's 15 perfect innings. MOUTHPIECE: The Sox' D is actually perfectly average.  Blog-a-Bull: What to do with Tyrus Thomas? You Should Start Wedman: Defending Chicago sports fans. Deadspin: Drew is the only person alive who hates Favre more than Stompy and I. Includes: This is Favre at his ...

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