Beuhrle sets major league record, then loses game for White Sox

After pitching a perfect game his last time on the mound, Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle came out yesterday and retired the first 17 batters for a major league record 45-straight retired batters in a row.

Then the wheels came off.

Buehrle ended up giving up five runs in 6 1/3 innings, and was awarded the pitching loss in a 5-3 defeat to the Twins. And to make matters worse, the setback caused the White Sox to fall into a tie for second place in the AL Central with the Twins.

Talk about a downer.

By the way, Buehrle is only one of 18 pitchers in baseball history to throw a perfect game. More people have orbited the Moon than recorded 27 consecutive outs in a major league baseball game. And they've been keeping stats for over 100 years... making this kind of a big deal.

Bortolo Colon apparently is a Michael Jackson fan

Major League pitcher Bartolo Colon apparently went missing (no joke) and nobody could get a hold of him two days before he was slated to make a start. He didn't go to South America to have an affair like some US governors, he was mourning the death of Michael Jackson according to White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen

"I worry about Colon because Colon was a big-time Michael Jackson fan," Guillen said. "He might [watch] the TV and cry all day long. Maybe he is in L.A. at his funeral, because I can't find him. When he gets to Charlotte, Oney (Guillen's son) will call me to say he's there.

"Nobody knows how big of a Jackson fan Colon was. I'm serious. He might be depressed a little bit."

The White Sox say he will pitch tonight. Let us all take a moment of silience for the box of donuts that was ravaged by Colon during the Michael Jackson ceromony.

KC wins again

I'm almost postitive that after the game tonight Brandon will have a post about the Red Sox and Yankees. (BTW at the time I wrote this post, the Red Sox were spanking the Yankees 4-0)

But right now I just wanted to pat those Kansas City Royals on the back. Yes, they are my favorite team, but my oh my.

How about Zack Greinke? He won his sixth game of the season, improving to 6-0 with an ERA of 0.40. Wowza.

In the win he became the first pitcher to win six games this season and the Royal improved to 15-11 on the season with the 3-0 win over the Chicago White Sox.

While on the mound, Greinke didn't walk a batter and struck out 10. Greinke also became only the third pitcher in frachise history to win his first six games. Brett Saberhagen (1987) and Jose Lima (2003) are the other two.

This is the Kansas City Royals 40th season and what a way to start!

Sure looks like I picked a good time to be a fan. But remember, this is the Kansas City Royals. So I won't get too excited as a fan just yet.