OT: Dallas Braden, now Roy Halladay, Hurls Perfect Game

[Scott L.]

Originally Posted by packs

Great moment after the last out when he hugged his Grandmother. What a Mother's Day present. I was at David Cone's against the Expos and it was the most incredible thing I've ever seen.

His mother passed away from skin cancer when he was in high school and his grandmother raised him from that point on. They had some tough times and at one point were living out of a motel. Nice to see some good fortune shining on them today.

[oaks1912]

It was a great day to see a ball game today . After seeing two no-hitters (including Sanchez' no hitter last season), I thought I'd seen my share. Today, in addition to witnessing history, I sat behind Braden's grandmother and baseball coach, who were nervous from the third inning, and I was able to share the experience with 8 friends, including a visitor from Canada, who had arranged for our group to sit where we sat......Looks like Dallas will have a marker in Cooperstown before A-Fraud........

[Rich Klein]

Mark -- pretty darned good when you add the perfecto.

I'm happy with the one I saw as part of the Sabr convention in 1999.

And although I'm a Yankees fan; I suspect that "incident" with A-Roid or Pay-Rod or whatever nickname you want to give him gave Braden even more confidence as he stood up to Rodriguez. In retrospect; that moment might have been a defining moment in his career.

Regards
Rich

[mackmen]

Yep,

I was proud of Braden when he stood up to A-rod and I was blown away from his performance this afternoon. Just remarkable. The A's are a fun team full of potential, unfortunately I think the commissioner would serve them much better to let them pursue options in San Jose. For now though this perfecto will be a mothers day legacy in Oakland for generations to come.

[Rickyy]

Great game..and the Rays were playing some great ball right now too..made the perfecto all the more sweeter! Now he joins Catfish Hunter (my childhood fav player) as the only A's to throw a perfect game.

[Chris-Counts]

Today was a great day to be an A's fan! That was one for the ages. Way to go Dallas ...

[M's_Fan]

I've never been to a perfect game or a no hitter, but I've seen several come close. Brian Holman of the Mariners once retired 26 batters and get Ken Phelps into a full count, only to see Phelps hit a homer into center field. I'll never forget that, I couldn't believe my eyes.

[ErikV]

I just about posted this 20 days ago when Dallas Braden tossed
his perfect game, but held off. With Roy Halliday throwing his
perfect game today I'm going to submit my commentary.

It's hard for me to believe in the first 92 years of baseball there
were a total of 9 perfect games. In the last 29 years there have
been 11 with the last two being throw 20 days apart. I know
back in the late 60's the pitchers mound was lowered which gave
an advantage to pitchers, but how does one explain the frequency
of such a rare feat?