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Former A's lefty admits pitching perfect game while hungover

With no major-league baseball being played because of the coronavirus pandemic, all players can do is reminisce and hope the season starts soon. One great Bay Area baseball memory is the A's Dallas Braden's perfect game almost exactly 10 years ago.

When talking about that game on May 9, 2010, with The Chronicle's Susan Slusser, Braden revealed that he pitched the then-19th perfect game in MLB history while he was hungover.

"There are things you don’t do," Braden told Slusser. "Partaking in libations or adult beverages, that was something I never did before a day game.