White Sox pitching prospect Zack Burdi recalls attending Mark Buehrle's perfect game in July 2009: "Just being there and feeling that electric moment was pretty special." (Colleen Kane/Chicago Tribune)
Future White Sox closer Zack Burdi stood at his locker with a cherubic smile, sounding like a pitching prospect sent to the Sox straight from Central Casting, describing a happy childhood in Downers Grove that included witnessing favorite player Mark Buehrle's perfect game.
Burdi, a first-round draft pick out of Louisville in June, marveled at how, only one year after facing hitters from SIU-Edwardsville, here he was wearing the uniform of the Sox team he grew up loving.