Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox threw his second no-hitter, and first perfect game Thursday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field. The Sox knocked off the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 behind Buehrle’s perfect arm, but the biggest play of the game was made by Sox outfielder DeWayne Wise. Manager Ozzie Guillen brought in Wise for defense to start the ninth inning and the decision paid off immediately when Wise robbed Gabe Kapler of a ninth inning, perfect game breaking home run. Read the full story

LMontro, the barber of choice for Major League Baseball players, was in Philadelphia for the rain suspended Game 5 of the World Series. Sometime during the rain LMontro gave Carl Crawford, Akinori Iwamura, Willy Aybar, and Grant Balfour fresh Rayhawks. The Rays eventually went on to lose Game 5 and the series but at least they were clean when they got back to Florida.

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• The Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series with a 4-3 Game 5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays

Congratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies for winning the World Series and ending championship droughts for the team and city that lasted nearly 30 years. The Phils defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in Wednesday’s conclusion to Monday’s suspended game five, and Cole Hamels was named World Series MVP. The Phillies set Philly free at last and and the city hopes the winning spills over to the Eagles. Read the full story

I don’t remember this story getting much play at the time, but the fellas from The Heater talked to Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays about “EvanLongoria.com” being available on EBay for $25,000. Longoria didn’t think much of his name being auctioned off in August.

Longoria laughed when he heard about it Friday. “That’s weird,” he said. “And kind of funny. What are they going to come up with next? I guess it’s a good idea if you’re the guy selling it. He beat me to the punch.”

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