A pitcher and a pitcher of beer.

On May 9, 2010, A's starter Dallas Braden threw a perfect game, at the time the 19th in MLB history. Only 23 perfect games have been thrown in the history of the game, and now it's noted that only two have been thrown with the pitcher suffering from a hangover.

On Wednesday, Braden revealed that he was dealing with a pretty nasty hangover on that Mother's Byron Cowart Jerseys Day, the dayhe threw the perfect game, in an interview with

"There are things you dont do,"Braden told the Chronicle. "Partaking in libations or adult beverages, Richard Seymour Jerseys that was something I never did before a day game. The night before Mothers Day, though, I did. We were getting after it a little bit."

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But it wasn't just about partying for Braden. He was drinking to numb the pain of the lo s of his mother, who died when Braden was in high school. Braden considered Mother's Daya "day you're just trying to get by" and said he was waiting for "12:01 to roll around so it' Russ Francis Jerseys s over."

"Until that day, I had never treated a start or the day before a start the way I did that day,"Braden said. "It's not like I was telling myself, 'Let's get crushed and tomorrow will be awesome.'It was more like, 'Let's just forget about tomorrow.'"

That day, Braden showedup late to the ballpark after his grandmother had found him on his couch late in the morning. A's pitching coach Curt Young noted that he didn't find Braden to be out of sorts. Braden would throw the perfect game with his grandmother watching from the stands.

In any case, Braden joins an elite circle of David Wells Kendrick Bourne Jerseys (hangover) and Dock Ellis (LSD) as the only pitchers to throw a perfecto or a no-hitter while under the influence.