Philip Humber throws perfect game - 4/21

[Buccos13]

The first perfect game of the season came this afternoon in Seattle, as Philip Humber of the White Sox went the distance without allowing a baserunner. It came down to the wire when Brendan Ryan, the 27th hitter, worked the count to 3-2. After fouling a ball off, he swung at a ball in the dirt that got by the catcher. Ryan appeared to have checked his swing and didn't run to first, so A.J. Pierzynski retrieved the ball and threw him out with little trouble.

There wasn't a good enough replay to see if Ryan fully swung, but the ump called it a strike nonetheless.

[Baseballnum3er0]

I picked a bad day to miss watching the game! Good for Humber though, got his first start pushed pretty far back and throws a no hitter in his second start, making it look like a shame that he was skipped the first time through the rotation.

[dabynsky]

The first perfect game of the season came this afternoon in Seattle, as Philip Humber of the White Sox went the distance without allowing a baserunner. It came down to the wire when Brendan Ryan, the 27th hitter, worked the count to 3-2. After fouling a ball off, he swung at a ball in the dirt that got by the catcher. Ryan appeared to have checked his swing and didn't run to first, so A.J. Pierzynski retrieved the ball and threw him out with little trouble.

There wasn't a good enough replay to see if Ryan fully swung, but the ump called it a strike nonetheless.

I've been making this complaint for years, but why does it seem like any important check swing calls there is no side view shown on TV. Seems like on any channel there is less than a 50% chance of getting that view on a check swing call.

[RickD]

Yeah they should have a dedicated camera from that angle.

Congrats to Humber and I wish i had seen it.

[Old Sweater]

I was so intend on watching the bottom of 9 that I didn't even notice the Swisher grand slam on the split screen FOX gave us.

Umps call is good enough for me. There is hardly a game that goes by where a batter thinks he checked his swing and the umps think different. In slo mo, it looks like almost all of them go to me. A play is just a play no matter how much emphasis you put on it, first batter to last batter of the game it is all the same.

[Vertigo O]

I've been making this complaint for years, but why does it seem like any important check swing calls there is no side view shown on TV. Seems like on any channel there is less than a 50% chance of getting that view on a check swing call.

While it would be nice to see, it doesn't bother me at all that we don't tbh. It's a judgement call and we don't need to give fans another thing to nit pick of whether the bat cleared the 90-degree mark on the swing. lol

But then again, I'm against replay all-together and don't mind the human element being inserted into the game at all.

[daddies4angels]

Great game to watch. I still dont think Ryan went around but so glad the umpire called it.

[Cathy]

Ump's call was right. Pierzynski threw to 1st base to get Ryan out.