Globetrotters honor Buerhle for play (video)

White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle has had plenty of highlights in his career. A no-hitter. A perfect game. But what he did Monday may have topped everything.

A hard-hit comebacker smacked off his foot, bouncing harmlessly toward foul territory. Most pitchers would've given up on the play. But not this Gold Glover.

"I take pride in fielding my position as good as I can," said Buehrle, whose ended up with a bruised foot out of the deal.

After chasing it down, Buehrle grabbed the ball with his glove and in one motion flipped it between his legs -- blindly -- to Paul Konerko, who bare-handed it to get Indians catcher Lou Marson by a quarter of a step. Watch for yourself:



"You see the play happening, you run over there saying, 'Do I slide and spin, or do I grab the ball and throw it?"' Buehrle said. "I think every thought went through my head. It just happened the way it did."

Buehrle deservedly received a long standing O from the sellout U.S. Cellular Field crowd.

"Probably one of the top two or three plays I've ever seen," said catcher A.J. Pierzeynski, playing his 13th season.

The Harlem Globetrotters honored Buehrle's play, calling it "Globetrotter-esque." The award called the "Trotter Tribute" launched last month, honoring collegiate and professional plays that are reminiscent of the Globetrotters. Not sure the ol' water gag yuckity-yuck qualifies.

Incidentally, the first honoree was former Charlotte Bobcat Flip Murray, who sank this unbelievable acrobatic shot for the Chicago Bulls that barely came after the buzzer last week.

Still, it's a shot that Meadowlark Lemon would definitely approve.