With a base hit to start the 2nd for Baltimore, #NYYankees pitcher #DomingoGerman ends his perfect streak at 30 straight outs.
With a base hit to start the 2nd for Baltimore, #NYYankees pitcher #DomingoGerman ends his perfect streak at 30 straight outs.
Newsworthy! 😀 ⚾
A Yankees pitcher throws a perfect game, 24th in MLB history
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1184972926/yankees-domingo-german-throws-a-perfect-game, one of the rarest/most prized accomplishments
NY Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán threw a perfect game, 4th in team history/24th overall in history.
A perfect game occurs when a team does not allow any opposing player to reach base by any means: no hits, walks, hit batters, fielder's interference, fielding errors ... that allow a batter to reach base.
😴⚾ ¡Que tengan una noche PERFECTA 😴⚾
BREAKING: #NYYankees P #DomingoGerman has thrown the 24th perfect game in #MLB history, 11-0 win over Oakland. Also the 4th Yankees perfect game, following Don Larsen, David Wells and David Cone.
This detail where umpire James Hoye notes Domingo German's hand was "the stickiest hand I've ever felt" mustn't be the kind of thing juvenile umpires dream of one day doing growing up on whatever their home planet is.
You imagine that dream reel is filled with mostly the cool stuff: calling strikes for balls in the dirt, throwing All Stars out of games, botching safe/out calls at first, etc.
#baseball #mlb #yankees #domingogerman #umpires
https://www.mlb.com/news/domingo-german-ejected-after-substance-check
TORONTO -- Domingo Germán watched with angst as the four umpires conferred near Rogers Centre’s first-base line on Tuesday night, and it was not a good sign when their chat ended quickly. An unacceptable sticky residue had been discovered on the Yankees right-hander’s palm, confirming that he had thrown his