Month: June 2010

Pluperfect

Well, the umpire blew what should have been the final call of the game and per­fec­tion is ruined, at least as far as the record book is con­cerned. My ques­tion is does this leave Arman­do Galar­ra­ga with an accom­plish­ment nev­er before achieved?

A per­fect game is 27 outs with no one reach­ing base. Galar­ra­ga and the Tigers retired 28 with no one reach­ing base (if you ignore the umpire’s error).

Since it seems that instant replay is only a mat­ter of time for base­ball, Galar­ra­ga’s plu­per­fect game may “for­ev­er” stand as a unique accomplishment.

Buy a House and Separate

Al and Tip­per Gore are sep­a­rat­ing. It was just a cou­ple of weeks ago that Al and Tip­per pur­chased anoth­er home.

I would almost bet (I have a bit of per­son­al expe­ri­ence here) that there is a cor­re­la­tion between buy­ing a house (or seri­ous­ly look­ing to buy) and a sub­se­quent sep­a­ra­tion, divorce, or breakup. Don’t some cou­ples actu­al­ly have chil­dren to “save” the mar­riage? Maybe some buy a house.

I wish the Gores all the best.