真是感人Q____Q 把他留下來吧 白襪球迷一定不想看到他穿其他隊的球衣!
自從1998年第38輪被選上 2000年首次登上大聯盟 這是Buehrle在白襪第12個球季
CHICAGO (AP)—Mark Buehrle(notes) came out to warm up for the eighth inning,
looked around and saw there was no ball on the mound and no fielders
surrounding him. Surprised? Sort of.
It was all part of a salute pre-planned by teammate Paul Konerko(notes) and
acting manger Don Cooper to make sure the durable and popular left-hander got
the spotlight on what might have been his final game for the Chicago White
Sox.
Buehrle threw seven shutout innings Tuesday night and Chicago beat The
Toronto Blue Jays 2-1. Eligible for free agency following the season, he’s
not sure where he’ll land in 2012. But he’ll certainly remember the
tribute, from both his teammates and the fans.
“Back of my mind I kind of figured they were going to do something in
between the innings, or get an out and pull me,” Buehrle said.
“I actually thought I’d go out and do my warmup pitches and he’d come out
and get me. I’m looking for the ball and I look back and Coop’s already
coming out with it in his hands. It kinda surprised me.”
As he walked off the field after Cooper pulled him, Buehrle waved to the fans
who were chanting his name and hugged his teammates as they headed to the
field. Several minutes later, Buehrle emerged again from the dugout for a
curtain call, taking off his cap and extending his arms toward the small but
spirited crowd announced at 23,934.
“Paulie (Konerko) was pushing me out there and he was like ‘They’re
calling for you.’ I’ve never had a curtain call.” Buehrle said. “Just
hugging the teammates, hugging everybody that’s been involved in my career,
it got kind of emotional there toward the end.”
The White Sox played their first game since Ozzie Guillen was released from
his contract after Monday night’s victory over the Blue Jays.
Cooper enjoyed the beginning of his short stint as manager. He also went to
the bullpen pregame to watch Buehrle warm up and made sure to give him a few
verbal jabs.
“I did make a joke to him when he was playing catch, warming up, fooling
around, saying ‘This is unbelievable. One career ending, and another one
starting,”’ Cooper said.
Buehrle (13-9) allowed six hits, struck out six and walked none.
General manager Ken Williams said before Tuesday night’s game he didn’t
know yet whether Buehrle fit into the team’s future plans. Buehrle is
161-119 in his career.
The fast-working lefty has a no-hitter and a perfect game on his White Sox
resume from a career that began in 2000. He reached the 200-inning mark for
the 11th straight season when he got the second out of the second inning, and
he’s had at least 10 wins and 30 starts every season since 2001.
Buehrle would love to return, but knows the White Sox are in store for big
changes following this disappointing season, Guillen’s departure and the
failure of some highly paid players like Adam Dunn(notes) and Alex
Rios(notes) to produce this season.
He said he didn’t know if he’d pitched his final game for the team that
drafted him in 38th round in 1998.
“Obviously doing this for 13, 14 years of my life, this is all I know. It’s
kinda hard to think otherwise. It’s hard to go home in this offseason and
think I’m going to go to spring training somewhere else,” Buehrle said.
“Deep down inside, I’d love to be back, but reality might sink in. It just
depends on which way they go. They have a lot of decisions to make, a lot of
pieces they can trade, a lot of guys they can get back.”
Tyler Flowers(notes) hit a solo homer, his fifth of the season, off Henderson
Alvarez(notes) (1-3) in the second. A.J. Pierzynski(notes) singled home a run
in the sixth.
Toronto’s Mike McCoy(notes) greeted Jesse Crain(notes) with his second homer
to cut the lead to 2-1.
Chris Sale(notes) got the final five outs to earn his eighth save in nine
chances.
Alvarez allowed seven hits in seven innings.
Blue Jays manager John Farrell also lauded Buehrle.
“Tonight was a game he’s probably pitched many, many times with his career
with the White Sox. A lot of zeros. A quick paced game. A lot of strikes,”
Farrell said.
“Just a true professional who went about his work as we’ve seen over a
course of a number of years. Just an outstanding game on his part.”
Dunn went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts, dropping his average to .159 with a
franchise-record 177 strikeouts. Dunn needs six plate appearances in the
final game to finish with the worst qualifying batting average in modern big
league history, surpassing Rob Deer’s .179 mark in 1991.
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