Dennis Martínez gets the final outs of his perfect game for the Expos (7/28/91)

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00:00A little background on Dennis

00:01Martinez he has been married for

00:0518 years he and his wife Lutz

00:08have four children three boys

00:11and a girl and you can bet

00:16wherever they are today whether

00:17in Canada or Florida someone is

00:21on the phone with him telling

00:22him that Papa's having the day

00:24of his life.

00:26Twenty four consecutive outs

00:28recorded by Dennis Martinez and

00:31social waiting at the plate Dennis

00:34delivers curveball in there for a

00:36strike on one.

00:39Let's set Montreal Larry Walker

00:41Delano DeShield Spike Owen and Tim

00:44Wallach Yvonne Calderon Marcus

00:47Grissom and Dave Martinez in the

00:49outfield behind the plate Ron

00:51Hassie the strike one fastball hit

00:54in the air to left field and

00:55Calderon is there to get it to

00:58out to go from a perfect game for

01:01Dennis Martinez one other note as

01:07Stan Javier is now coming off the

01:10bench to bat for Alfredo Griffin

01:12one of the Dodgers and we'll

01:14probably see Chris Gwynn to hit

01:16the ball for Mike Morgan.

01:21Javier batting for Griffin Ron

01:25Hassie who is behind the plate for

01:27Montreal has caught a perfect game

01:30in his career as he was catching

01:33for Cleveland when Lem Barker

01:36pitched a perfect game against

01:37Toronto about ten years ago.

01:40Here is Javier starving from the

01:43left side of the plate swings and

01:45doesn't get it in the count oh and

01:47one boy what a moment in the

01:51history of Dodger Stadium since

01:53nineteen sixty two no opposing

01:56player has ever pitched a no

01:58hitter and then the other night

01:59Mike Gardner Mark went nine

02:02innings of no hit ball the strike

02:04one pitch Javier takes outside one

02:07ball and one strike Javier as a

02:13left hand pinch hitter is all for

02:16seventeen.

02:17So what are the odds a fellow who

02:19does not have a hit hitting

02:21left handed against a fellow who

02:23has not given up a hit the one one

02:25pitch is a curve ball swung on and

02:27missed one and two and now it is

02:31happening what we normally

02:33experience in any ballpark when a

02:35visiting pitcher is so close to

02:38greatness even the home team fans

02:41begin to root for him he has come

02:44too far he has journeyed too long

02:46to drop it so with one out on the

02:49ninth one and two the count of

02:51Stan Javier and the curve ball is

02:54fouled away Javier really had to

02:57go down and get it and the count

03:00one and two Chris Gwynn is out on

03:04deck to bat for Mike Morgan and

03:06Dennis Martinez perhaps relishing

03:08the pressure then again just

03:10trying to take plenty of time

03:12between pitchers standing on the

03:14grass behind the mound a pinch of

03:16the rosin bag and now Dennis

03:18slowly up on top again it has

03:21taken him a little more than two

03:23hours to get here one and two the

03:26count of Stan Javier Dennis turns

03:30on the rubber the right hander's

03:31pitch a fastball around the eyes

03:34and now you can hear the crowd

03:36they want it they want all the

03:38pitches for Dennis they've been

03:40watching him and rooting against

03:42him for eight innings but when he

03:44got social to lead off the ninth

03:46this crowd has suddenly gone for

03:48Dennis Martinez has he in his chair

03:53behind the plate wigwagging some

03:55signs out Dennis ready and the two

03:57pitch to Javier curveball got him

04:00swinging five strikeouts for Dennis

04:10Martinez two out he is now one out

04:14away from a perfect game and this

04:17sellout crowd at Dodger Stadium on

04:20its feet baseball is truly an

04:24unbelievable game I never thought

04:27I'd see a perfect game and I saw

04:29Larson pitch one in the World

04:31Series and I never thought I'd see

04:33another perfect game and I saw

04:36Koufax pitch a perfecto against

04:38the Cubs and I certainly never

04:40dreamed I would see a third

04:42perfect game and we're one out

04:44away from it Chris Gwynn standing

04:48at the plate Dennis Martinez

04:50delivers fastball away ball one it

04:55is that rare moment where the home

04:58crowd wants everything for the

05:00visiting pitcher Chris Gwynn backs

05:04out now back up to the plate he has

05:06a home run and 10 RB eyes he is

05:08the most successful Dodger pinch

05:10hitter the 1 0 curveball in there

05:13for a strike in the count one and

05:15one so Martinez is two strikes away

05:19from a perfect game Ron has he is

05:22two strikes away from catching his

05:24second perfect game and Larry

05:27Ponsino the National League

05:28umpire is two strikes away from

05:31calling a perfect game Martinez

05:35looks in to get assigned one and

05:37one the count of Chris Gwynn the

05:39Lionel to Shields with nine assists

05:42on the grass in right field fastball

05:44hit just foul outside a third and

05:47down the line foul by a foot and not

05:52much more than that and now the

05:54crowd seems to be inspired it's as

05:57if they take that as a sure sign

06:00that Dennis will get what he won and

06:02what he wants is suddenly what they

06:05want forty seven thousand two

06:08hundred and twenty four on their

06:11feet and Chris Gwynn standing aside

06:15one and two the count one pitch

06:19away from a pitcher's absolute

06:21Nirvana the pitchers dream a

06:24perfect game Dennis Martinez ready

06:28and the one two pitch popped in the

06:30air to center field going deep on it

06:33is Marcus Grissom he's got it on the

06:36track Dennis Martinez being mobbed by

06:45his teammates on this twenty eighth

06:48of July nineteen ninety one three

06:52twenty two p.m. in the afternoon

06:55Dennis Martinez has reached the

06:57ultimate a perfect game against the

07:00Los Angeles Dodgers nothing

07:03scratchy nothing fluky it was a

07:06masterpiece Dennis Martinez and his

07:20entire team still out on the mound

07:23the Dodgers have tipped their caps and

07:25departed and it will be a while

07:28before Dennis and his wife and his

07:30four children will ever forget it and

07:33he gets another ovation from the

07:35crowd along with applause handshakes

07:39and pats on the back from the

07:40teammate visibly affected Tim

07:44Wallach throws his arm around

07:46Martinez shoulder gives him a squeeze

07:48Dennis raising his left hand with his

07:51cap to the crowd what a moment for a

07:54thirty six year old right hander who

07:57is rumored to be traded by

07:59Montreal and with tears pouring

08:03down his cheeks he goes down the

08:05steps into the Expo dugout what a

08:08day the Expos two runs four hits no

08:12errors Dodgers no runs no hits

08:15nothing a perfect game for Dennis

08:18Martinez

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