July 23, 2009
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President Barack Obama congratulates Mark Buehrle through phone call after tossing a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on the South Side of Chicago Thursday afternoon. Obama is a noted White Sox and baseball fan.
"I'm still in shock. Thank you, sir," Buehrle told Obama over the phone.
Buehrle who is a White Sox pitcher and the 26th pitcher who throw a no-hitter and tossed a perfect game. He made in major league history to record multiple no-hitters, and just a second to accomplish the feat multiple times. It was the only the 17th perfect game of all time in the regular season.
He was also congratulated by Manager Ozzie Guillen in the concourse outside the team locker room after tossing the game.
The perfect game helped the White Sox move into a de facto tie against the Detroit Tigers for the first place in Al Central with two teams to open for a four-game series on Friday in Detroit.
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