No Cigar... for Cole Hamels

Cole Hamels continued to impress... this time taking a perfect game into the 7th inning. I'm jealous of the Phillies fans who got to experience the excitement of this outing. Cole Hamels is the kind of pitcher who is going to do this for us consistently. It would have been nice to make history and pitch a no-no... That's two almost no-no's for the Phils so far in the early season. Not too shabby.

I was at the game when Kevin Millwood pitched a no-hitter. It was pretty electifying. It was one of the best baseball moments I've experienced.

It was up there with the game at Camden yards where I thought it was going to be Cal Ripken's last game and he got a standing ovation before every at bat.. that was cool. But it turned out not to be his last game... my prediction was ill conceived. So I predicted retirement again the next season and bought tickets to the last game of the season in New York, where the O's would take on the Yanks. This time, Cal did announce his retirement and was prepared to hang up his cleats for the last time at Yankee Stadium...but... the Taliban decided to ruin that by flying some planes into our World Trade Center delaying a few weeks worth of games and forcing the rescheduling of the games after the original last date... so my "Cal Ripken's Last Game" excitement... was in reality... "Cal Ripken's Last Game at Yankee Stadium"... f#@kin' taliban!!!

Back to the topic at hand...

Hamels improves his record to 6-1 with a 3.30 ERA. Cole's 11 Ks brings his season total to 70, which is currently Tops in the Majors. Cole Hamels is legitimate... he was worth the wait...

PS - His wife is pretty hot...