20th Perfect Game in History, 2nd this Season

[Big Pappa]

Roy Halladay just completed the 20th perfect game in MLB history and the second one (Dallas Braden) this year. The Phils beat the Marlins 1-0:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=300529128

[weezie]

Very cool...good for him!
What's more fun than watching the recap of a perfect game?
Besides another gander at Duke's Championship game, that is...

[JohnGalt]

Roy Halladay just completed the 20th perfect game in MLB history and the second one (Dallas Braden) this year. The Phils beat the Marlins 1-0:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=300529128

somewhat more expected than Braden's...congrats to them both

Is this the first time there's been two in the same season?

[roywhite]

somewhat more expected than Braden's...congrats to them both

Is this the first time there's been two in the same season?

...since 1880, or thereabouts, according to ESPN.

Not much run support by Halladay's teammates, but they got the win. I am reminded of Harvey Haddix in 1959; pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he had a perfect game going but the Pirates couldn't score against the Braves and went into extra innings. Haddix was perfect through 12 innings, but finally lost 1-0 to the Braves in 13 innings.

Full story is told in this SI article.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...5946/index.htm

[Indoor66]

...since 1880, or thereabouts, according to ESPN.

Not much run support by Halladay's teammates, but they got the win. I am reminded of Harvey Haddix in 1959; pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he had a perfect game going but the Pirates couldn't score against the Braves and went into extra innings. Haddix was perfect through 12 innings, but finally lost 1-0 to the Braves in 13 innings.

Full story is told in this SI article.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...5946/index.htm

The Kitten could throw the ball. Fun to watch.

[Big Pappa]

An interesting fact about Roy, he took a no-hitter 8.1 innings in 1998 in his second career start as a big-leaguer before having it broken up by a Bobby Higginson solo home run. Here is funny article about his perfect game from a Blue Jay perspective from the BR:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/3...a-blue-jay-fan

[hurleyfor3]

And on Sunday Albert Pujols effectively had a "batting perfect game", 3 for 3 with 3 HR.

[Mal]

Add in Buehrle's perfect game from last September or so and we're seeing a wave of these things. Not to mention Ubaldo Jimenez's no-no from a month ago.

Speaking of Jimenez, what's up with the pitching dominance right now, especially in the NL? I know, it's the National League and it's only 1/3 of the way through the season, but there are 10 starters over there with sub-2.50 ERA's at the moment. From '06-'08, no one in the NL finished a season under 2.50. Now Tim Lincecum's 3.14 ERA is 23rd in the league. Carpenter's 6-1 with a 2.93 and a 1.14 WHIP and, at the moment, isn't even close to the early Cy Young discussion.

Is this just the post-'roids era finally having its proper effect, or what? Maybe, but still. Carlos Silva? Livan Hernandez? That I don't get. Has the hitting talent migrated even more to the American League?