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Mark Buehrle Play Already Best Of 2010 – On Opening Day

Did you see the play Mark Buehrle did on opening day? Check out that video link at http://www.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7282679 because it’s a play you quite possibly never see in a game again. Attacking the strike zone with his wide variety of high-movement pitches is what the Chicago White Sox is known for. Even though his throw isn’t the hardest, it definitely has a lot of speed and is known for throwing off hitters with his timing. These factors, as well as sterling control, have made him one of the more successful pitchers of recent years and one of the few hurlers who have turned in a perfect game. The fans craved what Mark Buehrle is all about now – that is the deference. Most people would need a payday loan to afford a Gold Glove. On the field, Mark Buehrle seems to earn it.

The Mark Buehrle play can’t be planned because it is amazing

According to Sports Illustrated, the Mark Buehrle play was one of the best plays that numerous players on the field had ever seen. Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians alike marveled at how Mark Buehrle had the ability to track down the liner that went off his foot and squirted toward the first base line, and, with his back to first base, shovel the ball with the glove between his legs and all the way to first base for the out. To add to the awesome, the White Sox first baseman, Paul Konerko, barehanded the Mark Buehrle play.

Opening Day 2010 was a banner day for baseball

To add to the Mark Buehrle play, Albert Pujols got two home runs for the Cardinals, Jason Heyward of the Braves homered his first Major League season at bat, and Shaun Marcum, the Blue Jay’s pitcher, carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning. Heyward and Pujols will probably hit many more home runs before it’s over and Marcum’s game went south after he gave up the first hit. However, the Mark Buehrle play will reside in memory because it is unique. It might have even unofficially earned him a second straight Gold Glove.

Mark Buehrle’s last season’s perfect game was only saved by defense

That defense however wasn’t his. Outfielder DeWayne Wise, who was inserted as a late-innings defensive replacement, went back on a ball that would have been a sure home run – if he hadn’t been able to make a great leap and grab the ball just before it cleared the wall. In Major League history, Wise’s defensive play was just the thing needed to save a perfect game. That perfect game was the 2009 Mark Buehrle play, so to speak.

A history of success for Mark Buehrle

Mark Buehrle is not usually the person that comes up when fans are thinking about the best pitchers of the game. Although Felix Hernandez, Tim Lincecum, Chris Carpenter, and Zack Greinke are usually at the top, we should still consider Buehrle’s record. He has thrown 200 innings or more for 9 straight seasons while also winning 136 and losing 97 in his career – meaning he has won 60% of his games which is really good. He is definitely a workhorse. With a World Series title in 2005, a no hitter in 2008,and a perfect game and a Gold Glove all in 2009, you have a pitcher who often times goes under the radar. All of that amounts to quick cash at contract negotiation time.

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