Was Jamie Buehrle in attendance when her husband pitched a perfect game?”
Somewhere around the end of July, when general manager Ken Williams has finished fine tuning the 2007 White Sox roster at the non-waiver trade deadline, Mark and Jamie Buehrle will welcome their first child into the world. Jamie Buehrle simply hopes their son is born while they are both still part of the immediate White Sox family. With the dominance Mark has shown through the season’s first six weeks, including hurling the franchise’s 16th no-hitter on April 18, a move involving the ace left-hander seems rather unlikely. But Buehrle’s highly supportive wife understands a trade scenario remains possible when your husband will become a much sought after free agent following the current campaign. As has been written about frequently since SoxFest in January, the demand for Buehrle could price him out of the market for a return to the only organization he has ever known, meaning the White Sox could look to get something for him before the offseason arrives. That concept brings Jamie Buehr
Buehrle completes perfect game to throttle Rays CHICAGO — The 105th pitch of Mark Buehrle’s day broke in toward Gabe Kapler, who turned on it and connected. Buehrle looked up and knew — his perfect game was in jeopardy. Just in as a defensive replacement, Chicago White Sox center fielder DeWayne Wise sprinted toward the fence in left-center, a dozen strides. What happened next would be either a moment of baseball magic or the ninth-inning end of Buehrle’s bid for perfection against the Tampa Bay Rays. Wise jumped and extended his right arm above the top of the 8-foot wall. The ball landed in his glove’s webbing but then popped out for a split second as he was caroming off the wall and stumbling on the warning track. Wise grabbed it with his bare left hand, fell to the ground and rolled. He bounced up, proudly displaying the ball for the crowd. Magic. A home run turned into an out. His biggest threat behind him, Buehrle coolly closed out the 17th perfect game all-time in the regular s
