Philip Humber vs. the Mariners 4/21/12

[TGO]

Third perfect game in White Sox history.

[weams]

Third perfect game in White Sox history.

So, say he struck him out. And he reached on the ball getting away. And he gets the next guy. Still not a perfect game, right?

[nevadaO]

So, say he struck him out. And he reached on the ball getting away. And he gets the next guy. Still not a perfect game, right?

Correct. Any baserunners at all, any error, anything and it's not a perfect game.

[eddie83]

They never showed a side angle of the last pitch.

[Can_of_corn]

They never showed a side angle of the last pitch.

That bothers me not at all.

[OFFNY]

o

PHILIP HUMBER

Go-Go, WHITE SOX

[Don Quixote]

The Orioles' piss-poor performance against him looks pretty good in comparison to Seattle's. Talk about dealing.

[scOtt]

So, say he struck him out. And he reached on the ball getting away. And he gets the next guy. Still not a perfect game, right?

I think that was a little Ryan not doing the unwritten rules thang. He reacted to the call, but then he paused when he saw the ball.

[Elrod]

If Nick Markakis checks his swing during the 3rd inning, you see 3 different replays. Now we are here the next morning and I've seen countless highlights of this game and not one side view to see if he really checked his swing or not. It does bother me. It's a perfect game one way or the other but we have a right to see for ourselves. It's like a conspiracy by ESPN and MLB not to ruin a good feeling about the perfect game. Very strange. In normal speed, it looked like he checked it but I'd need to see a replay.

Check the :50 mark of this video:

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20821149&topic_id=21753540

[Can_of_corn]

If Nick Markakis checks his swing during the 3rd inning, you see 3 different replays. Now we are here the next morning and I've seen countless highlights of this game and not one side view to see if he really checked his swing or not. It does bother me. It's a perfect game one way or the other but we have a right to see for ourselves. It's like a conspiracy by ESPN and MLB not to ruin a good feeling about the perfect game. Very strange. In normal speed, it looked like he checked it but I'd need to see a replay.

I am still fine with it. To find out that he had a perfect game as a result of a blown call would be almost as bad as a couple years ago when a perfect game was lost by a bad call.

The odds of the end result of the game being altered by that out call are miniscule.

[Can_of_corn]

I don't get it. If it's a bad call then it's a walk and no perfect game but you think that's miniscule?

You don't want to know the truth because the truth might bother you? I get that on some level. Still, it's as if the baseball networks made that decision for us. BTW, thanks to the other poster for the video but it's impossible to tell anything on that.

Here's a still shot that shows that it either was a swing or close enough that you can't complain. Still, very odd that such a big moment wasn't replayed.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16599

I meant the chances of the Mariners winning the game.

[scOtt]

Watched ESPN tonight with Karl R, Francona, Kruk, and somebody else and the talked about the check swing and still didn't show it. Very strange.

What's your beef? From your own posted pic it's CLEARLY a swing.

[The Rick]

With all this talk of automating the balls/strikes calls, I think it would make a PG even more rare than it already is.

[SrMeowMeow]

With all this talk of automating the balls/strikes calls, I think it would make a PG even more rare than it already is.

It would make a perfect game about as rare or not rare as it should be. Galarraga would get one back.

[CA-ORIOLE]

Maybe they'll make a new major League 2K12 commercial with Humber and Galarraga.

Gallaraga walls in disguised as Humber.

Hot chick: "Armando Gallaraga?"

Gallaraga: "Come on let me in. I almost had a perfect game. The ump screwed me".