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Golden Sombrero: Clete Thomas (4/18/2012)

Mike Rosenbaum — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:54:05 +0000

Date: April 18, 2012 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Top 1: Clete Thomas struck out swinging against Hiroki Kuroda (5 pitches)

Top 3: Thomas called out on strikes against Kuroda (6 pitches)

Top 5: Thomas struck out swinging against Clay Rapada (7 pitches)

Top 8: Thomas struck out swinging against Boone Logan (3 pitches)

Final Line: 0-for-4, 4 K

RE24: -1.476

WPA: -0.105

Notes: It’s games like this that ultimately get you DFA’d.

2012 Total Sombreros: 8

Golden Sombrero: Kevin Youkilis (4/17/2012)

Mike Rosenbaum — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:41:36 +0000

Date: April 17, 2012 vs. Texas Rangers

Bottom 1: Kevin Youkilis called out on strikes against Colby Lewis (4 pitches)

Bottom 4: Youkilis struck out swinging against Lewis (6 pitches)

Bottom 6: Youkilis struck out swinging against Lewis (4 pitches)

Bottom 7: Youkilis struck out swinging against Koji Uehara (5 pitches)

Final Line: 0-for-4, 4 K

RE24: -0.827

WPA: -0.039

Notes: For someone who once earned the nickname the “Greek God of Walks,” it took a combined 19 pitches to fan Youkilis four times.

2012 Total Sombreros: 7

Golden Sombrero: J.D. Martinez (4/16/2012)

Mike Rosenbaum — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:36:03 +0000

Date: April 16, 2012 vs. Washington Nationals

Top 1: J.D. Martinez struck out swinging against Stephen Strasburg (5 pitches)

Top 4: Martinez struck out swinging against Strasburg (3 pitches)

Top 6: Martinez walked against Strasburg (9 pitches)

Top 7: Martinez struck out swinging against Ryan Mattheus (4 pitches)

Top 9: Martinez struck out swinging against Henry Rodriguez (3 pitches)

Final Line: 0-for-4, 4 K, BB

RE24: -0.545

WPA: 0.001

Notes: I don’t know how, but Martinez finished the game with a non-negative WPA. I feel as though golden sombreros at the hands of the Nationals may be a common theme this season.

2012 Total Sombreros: 6

GIF of the Moment: Ian Desmond’s Insane Vertical Jump

Mike Rosenbaum — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:52:54 +0000

So I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Ian Desmond can dunk.

GIF of the Moment: Humber Gets Soaked [#HumberGames]

Mike Rosenbaum — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:26:00 +0000

Alexei Ramirez: Don’t underestimate his sneakiness.

GIF of the Moment: A.J. Pierzynski Finally Catches a Perfecto [#HumberGames]

Mike Rosenbaum — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:34:13 +0000

A long time coming for A.J. Pierzynski

GIF of the Moment: Phil Humber’s Disbelief [#HumberGames]

Mike Rosenbaum — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:25:19 +0000

As I mentioned last night on Twitter, today is Phillip Humber day at The Golden Sombrero. As a baseball fan, a perfect game is worth celebrating, regardless if it comes at the expense of your favorite team. Well, as a White Sox fan, great moments have been few and far between since Mark Buehrle’s perfecto in 2009.

On Saturday evening, all of the team’s struggles were forgotten when Humber tossed the 21st perfect game in baseball history. Living on the East coast, I was blacked out from watching due to the Yankees-Red Sox nationally televised game. However, that didn’t stop me from listening to the White Sox radio feed in my car, which, while not nearly as exciting as watching it unfold live, was still pretty damn amazing.

Do you have a story about Humber’s perfect game? Where were you? What were you doing? Are you still struggling to process that Humber (of all people) accomplished the extremely rare feat? Feel free to reach out to me on Twitter (@GoldenSombrero) and share thoughts, videos, or graphics, and I’ll do my best to include it as part of Phil Humber day.