OK…where’s 3 wood?

White Sox’s Buehrle tosses 18th perfect game in history vs. Rays

To the delight of 28,036 fans at U.S. Cellular Field and one very famous fan in the White House, Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle became just the 18th pitcher in baseball history to throw a perfect game on Thursday when he blanked the defending American League champion Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 in Chicago.

Buehrle’s postgame press conference was interrupted because a call was coming in from the White House. President Barack Obama, an avowed White Sox fan, found out about Buehrle’s gem in Cleveland while heading to Air Force One for a flight to his hometown of Chicago.

Obama called Buehrle to congratulate him. The President told the pitcher it was “an extraordinary achievement,” according to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.

By tonight 200,000 people will have claimed to have seen it first hand.

Congrats Mark Buehrle!