You have ruined his moment!!!!

I like to talk a lot about moments. The walk-off home run. The amazing game saving play. Watching the Tigers slowly fade into mediocrity. Yesterday - I saw a great moment ruined. CC Sabathia continued his dominance of the NL yesterday. He threw another complete game shutout against the Pirates (ok that's not the impressive part) and he only allowed one "hit". This is a great start and any pitcher would be happy with a one-hitter. However, the hit was bogus. I first learned of this news by reading CC's line on the bottom line of ESPN. His line was followed by the statement that the Brewers are filing a protest to the league to have that hit reversed to an error. This seemed a bit strange, so I stayed up to see the late Sportscenter to see what the fuss was about. If you haven't seen the "highlight" yet, here it is.

Even if the Brewers are successful in having this call overturned - the moment is gone. A no-hitter is great and something I am sure CC would take with him forever. However, its the build-up that makes the no-hitter great. In my early days of blogging I wrote about the build-up here.

This is what CC will never get back from yesterday.

1. Being isolated in the dugout starting around the 7th. No one wants to be that guy who ruins the no-no (to John Smoltz and Mike Mussina - I am truly sorry)

2. The walk out to the mound in the 9th.

3. The standing ovation from the opposing team. Such a cool event when the other team gives you props because its good baseball.

4. His defining moment of the second half of the 08' season. I have been hearing more and more arguements that CC should be the NL MVP, but not the Cy Young. Voters love defining moments to look at - and his was taken away by a scorekeeper.

5. The amazing akward hug between CC and Kendall. CC is listed at a conservative 6'7" and 290 lbs. Jason Kendall is 6'0" and 200 lbs. I just love the thought of CC jumping into Kendall's arms and crushing him to the ground. This may be as close as we can get today to David Spade and Chris Farley.

Even if baseball reverses that call - the moment is gone. Hopefully he will have another chance at a no-hitter through his career, but you never know.