Buehrle Throws No-Hitter in White Sox Win

Damn, a quick night's work too

Buehrle Throws No-Hitter in White Sox Win (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/19/sports/s013419D67.DTL)

Glad I had him on my bench.

2 hours, 3 minutes. Not too shabby.

In related news, my Royals won an extra inning game.

This occurence is actually even more rare than a no hitter.

The real impressive thing about Buehrle is that he only threw 108 pitches. For some guys, thats 4 innings worth of work.

He was really only one pitch from a perfect game. He walked Sosa and picked him off first about 10 seconds later. He faced the minimum of 27 batters, but the walk kept him from being perfect.

The Sox are my team so I'm very happy about this. Buehrle needed a good game.

The O's are playing well, a game out, and winning 7 of their last 10. Ramon Hernandez will be back early next week to help solidify the lineup.

The Nats, after starting 1-8, they are 4-2 against 2 quality teams (Braves, Mets), and the team they'll be fighting with to stay out of the NL East basement (Phillies). The pitching is starting to come around, and with their lineup, they may just surprise some people.

The AL Central is going to be tough this year. It'll be a footrace all year between the Twins, Tribe, ChiSox, and Tigers. It'll come down to pitching, so my money is on the Tigers and ChiSox to be duking it out. One of them may sneak in as the Wild Card, if the BoSox/Yankees loser slips down the stretch.

Yeah I am finally excited about the Nats again. I just hope our damn offense can actually put up more than one run in the 9th.