# Buehrle pitched a perfect game today

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buehrle-pitched-a-perfect-game-today/504035>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 23, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buehrle-pitched-a-perfect-game-today/504035 "2009-07-23T20:55:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buehrle-pitched-a-perfect-game-today/504035/121 "2009-07-29T03:09:31Z")

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> [@Snarky\_Kong](#):
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> Do you people really believe in jinxing things? I’m not talking about another player saying something to Buehrle and psyching him out, but fans or announces talking about it?

I figger it can’t hurt to try.

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buehrle-pitched-a-perfect-game-today/504035/122 "2009-07-29T04:31:27Z")

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> [@Snarky\_Kong](#):
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> Do you people really believe in jinxing things? I’m not talking about another player saying something to Buehrle and psyching him out, but fans or announces talking about it?

No, and believing in the idea of a jinx is fucking asinine.

A few weeks ago i was at a Giants game and Tim Linecum took a no-hitter into the seventh inning. During the break, a guy nearby mentioned this fact to his friends, and they all went ballistic on him for mentioning it. I felt like standing up and yelling to the whole grandstand: “Hey, Lincecum is pitching a no-hitter. Do you think he’ll do it? Do ya? Do ya? Do ya?” 🙂

What _really_ bummed me out, though, was that i thought about coming back to see the game the following night, but decided against it for a variety of reasons. And that was the night that Jonathan Sanchez threw his no-hitter. I was bummed that i missed it.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buehrle-pitched-a-perfect-game-today/504035/123 "2009-07-29T11:00:21Z")

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When did this “perfecto” thing start, and when is it going to die?

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**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buehrle-pitched-a-perfect-game-today/504035/124 "2009-07-29T13:34:37Z")

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My God, he retires 45 batters in a row and his pitching line still looks like crap, with 5 earned runs in 6.1 innings thanks to the White Sox usual defensive meltdown in the Metrodome. They can’t tear it down soon enough.

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