Mark Buerhle seems to take it upon himself that as long as there are still some butt plugs that keeps on forgetting the right spelling of his last name, he is going to set records.
Today, the lefty White Sox retired 17 straight Twins' batters to break the long-standing record of 41 set in 1972 by San Fransisco's Jim Barr and tied by his teammate reliever, Bobby Jenks in 2007.
Coming off a perfect game against the Rays where he sent 27 batters back to chewing tobaccos in their bench, he dominated the Twins up to the fifth inning until Alexei Casilla walked on the sixth. His attempt to have his second no-hitter was spoiled as Denard Span singled on the follow-up.
Amidst the display of exceptional pitching, he allowed 5 runs in the ensuing innings giving the Twins a win.
Tell you, if Mark Buehrle managed to have two straight perfect games, he might as well buy all of us a granddaddy pendulum clock.
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