Pin ItemailprintBrian Kingrey is getting ready to bank some serious coin. The 25-year-old gamer from Hammond, Louisiana earned himself a check for $1 million by becoming the first person to pitch a perfect game in the MLB 2K11 video game from 2K Sports. 2K had previously announced the contest earlier this year, stating that the [...]
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Chelsea Baker has been recognized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame for doing something extraordinary. The 13-year-old female has pitched not one, but two perfect games, against boys. Chelsea recently donated the jersey she wore to pitch one of those perfect games to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The jersey will [...]
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It was the perfect game that wasn’t. With two outs in the ninth inning, first base umpire Jim Joyce cost Detroit’s Armando Gslarraga his spot in the history books. Cleveland’s Jason Donald hit an infield grounder and clearly didn’t beat the throw to first base, but Joyce called him safe. A chorus of boos erupted [...]
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Last night, Roy Halladay earned his place in the history books. The Philadelphia Phillies pitcher threw just the 20th perfect game in MLB history, beating the Florida Marlins 1-0. UPDATE: Roy has added another notch to his belt by pitching a no-hitter in the 2010 NLDS. He managed to get pinch-hitter Ronny Paulino to hit [...]
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As we reported yesterday, Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game on Thursday. Don’t you wish you could have been there? Well, get over it. The best we could do is find you this video taped from an unemployed guy‘s iPhone in the left-center field bleachers. Seriously, though, this must have been something special to behold [...]
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Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox has just pitched the first perfect game in Major League Baseball in five years, leading the Sox over the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 on Thursday afternoon. It was just the 17th perfect game in baseball history. Buehrle (11-3) faced the minimum number of batters, 27, and received a [...]
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