Mothers Day was truly happy for A's SP Dallas Braden. In his seventh start of the season Braden threw an impressive Perfect Game. What makes his Perfect Game even more spectacular was that he threw it against one of the best hitting teams in the MLB, the Tampa Bay Rays.
In the game against the Rays, Braden completely shut them down. He retired all 27 batters very quickly and rarely had any threats to stopping his perfect game. The only out that was close to a hit was Jason Bartlett's liner that started the game off for the Rays. Braden than completely closed the ...
Dallas Braden puts his pants on just like you and I do. But afterwards, he challenges the most feared hitter in the American League to a fistfight, and a few weeks later, throws a perfect game against the best team in baseball.
That's what happened today against the Tampa Bay Rays, as Oakland's 26-year-old lefty needed only 109 pitches, 77 of which were strikes, to retire each of the 27 Rays' batters he faced.
It was the 19th perfect game in baseball history, and the second in as many years. It was the second straight perfect game thrown against Tampa Bay, after ...
The “Susan G. Komen for the Cure” breast cancer awareness organization condemned Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden for his perfect game in a press release issued Sunday night.
Continuing a tradition begun last year, Major League Baseball celebrated Mother’s Day by teaming up with the Komen Foundation for its “Going to Bat Against Cancer" Initiative, according to an article on MLB.com.
“When we said we were 'going to bat against cancer,' we wanted to step up to the plate and hit a home run,” said Komen spokeswoman, Laurie Jupiter, “or at least work the count and take a walk. What kind of ...
Behind 3-1 in the count, Oakland Athletics 26-year old lefty Dallas Braden tossed in a fastball clocked in the high 80s and watched Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Gabe Kapler make solid contact and rope it through the infield grass right to shortstop Cliff Pennington . Acknowledging Kapler’s speed, Pennington gobbled up the grounder and swiftly fired to first baseman Daric Barton. With the ball in mid-flight and on its way into Barton’s glove, Braden side-stepped in jubilant anticipation, and then, once the throw nestled into Barton’s glove, the starting pitcher pumped his fist triumphantly in the air, ...
I heard it best on the A's post-game show with Chris Townsend: You could not have asked for a better script. Dallas Braden, surrounded by friends, family and his community of Stockton, Calif., pitched MLB's 19th perfect game ever on Sunday, May 9, 2010.
As the last out was recorded at the Oakland Coliseum, the stadium erupted. The bench rushed Braden on the mound. Braden had bear hugs for his teammates. As he proceeded from the pitchers' mound towards the dugout, he had bear hugs for his coaches. Most importantly, Braden had a giant bear hug for his grandmother who met him ...
Well, Alex Rodriguez, it's time to remember the name of Dallas "Instant Hero" Braden, because in a few years, he might be on your team.
The Oakland Athletics pitcher tossed a 4-0 perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays, marking the first perfect game in Oakland in 42 years when Catfish Hunter achieved the feat. Hunter would eventually sign a free-agent contract with the New York Yankees.
This is one of those moments that every true sports fan salivates over. More than stats, we want to see athletes put more stock in their game than just money. Braden has done just that.
To ...
Written by Max Lush and Hunter McDowell
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For just the nineteenth time in MLB history, a perfect game was thrown Sunday, or better known as Mother’s Day.
Dallas Braden , you know that pitcher on the A’s with a handful of wins ? Well, he just threw a ...
Last month, Dallas Braden was the subject of headlines after calling out Alex Rodriguez for taking a shortcut, and that path led right through the pitching mound. Apparently, the feud is still going.
On the May 8 episode of "Pardon the Interruption," Braden continued to bait A-Rod, because he felt slighted after the New York Yankees slugger tried to play down comments he made about the Oakland A's starter having not done much as a major leaguer yet.
Braden then went on to say, "There's two ways that I can comment on that, and I'll give you both of them. One, I was ...
Twenty-seven up, twenty-seven down.
Oakland Athletics pitcher lefty Dallas Braden threw the 17th ever perfect game (in the Modern Era) today against the Tampa Bay Rays, and the first one on Mother's Day.
It was the 2nd time the Rays had been thrown against a perfect game in less than a year.
Braden, 26, was recently known for his comments on Yankee Alex Rodriguez stepping over the mound to get over to 1st base during a game.
Not anymore, as this game is added to history forever.
The 27th out came as Gabe Kapler hit the ball, then scooped into Shortstop Cliff Pennington's glove, and it was ...
Mother can stand for
M, mercy
O, optimism
T, trust
H, heart
E, extra and eternal love
R, respect and honor
I remember a mother, named Mrs. Julia who never gave up on her son.
When her son was young he was quiet and seemed shy. Her son would invite me to their warm and loving home, and then he would be too shy to sit by me, face to face in their living room.
When I met Mrs. Julia's son he asserted that he was going to be an outstanding football player. He was a very good football player although he started playing football in his junior and ...