I watched that game yesterday... It's nothing more than a coincidence that Cooper umped both games. He called a very fair and consistent strike zone the entire game. Including the 9th inning; the fans in Chicago were going absolutely nuts and Cooper continued to call borderline pitches balls. He could have very easily got caught up in the excitement and called those borderline pitches strikes and noone would have cared, but he didn't. He keep his form and called a great game.

What is it with all these reporters trying to make everything a conspiracy. How about all of you guys bad reporting & writing. I watched the game & how you come up with this stupid idea is beyond me. Go get a real job & quit pretending you know anything about sports.

did you not have anything to write about so you just make stuff up-what a bunch of BS where did you play, did you get beat on the playground! You need to join TMZ because you know zero about sport

What a moronic story. If I remember correctly, 21 of Buehrle's outs were contact outs. ONLY 6 K's!!!!!! 11 groundouts, 10 flyouts. How exactly does the umpire affect that? Watch the game or check the stats before you put this out there. What a dope!

Probably was a set up. Same day Buehrle throws a perfect game, a former Sox pitcher is on the cover of a major Chicago newspaper talking about why he juiced. Interesting......

Sox aka "The Stepson of Chicago" still wont be able to sell out a game after all this hoopla. (unless they play the Cubs...of course)

it happens, I hope the ball is in Cooperstown when I go there this weekend to see Rice and Henderson inducted in.

I would test the UMP for HGH.....that may be it!

Yeah, couldn't be too much here as Buehrle only got 6 Ks. The ump surely didn't make the hitters hit 'em where they was.

You know guys, the more we comment on Craig's moronic (perfect description Jay N) posts like this, the longer someone will pay him...!

wow, some of you guys need to not get your shorts in a twist so easily. i reread the article and CC is not throwing wild accusations out. i see this as just pointing out an interesting fact that this ump has been lucky enough to be there for 3 no-no's. i didn't see the game but from the prior posts it sounded like the ump called a fair game and no where in the article does he mention questionable calls. good lord guys, go outside and take a walk

jeepers people lighten up!  This quick article sounded so tongue in cheek it's not even funny!  Sarcasm- get some- makes you a more fun person!

Or perhaps the many other Major League Umpires have conspired to stop no-hitters, and only Mr. Cooper has held out from the nefarious plot!

Same ump worked both of Buehrle's gems?

Is he that good? The ump I mean. Maybe we need more like him.

One of the downsides of too many media outlets. Too many so called journalists and reporters, who should be flipping burgers, conveying their lame ideas to the public.

This article is designed for a blog boys. Not front page of a major newspaper. Not and ESPN story. A blog. Relax. It is a coincidence, and clearly anyone who saw the game knows it was called fair. I'd like to see a blog more on the miraculous catchby Dewayne Wise in the 9th that preserved the perfect game than this. Wow, talk about saving it all. Perfect game, no hitter, and shutout saved on a home run robbing catch. And he is a backup player. Reminds me of Endy Chavez in the playoffs a few years back.

Obviously with only 6 strikeouts this "question" fades into the nothingness from whence it came.

Perhaps we have over-reacted to the story, but that's what being a White Sox fan in a Cubs city will do to you. We defend everything we get, so as to shield ourselves from the insights of the baseball's most inept team and fans.

what a bunch of harley rideing fags - good ump? bad ump? boo hoo hoo - like a pack of old hens

For you conspiracy theorists....

Buehrle was at each of the games also...

Oh geez...

This umpire made the ball just miss the foul line, caused Wise to make that catch in the 9th, and made the last hitter ground out. Some people will conjure up anything.

I say, Congrats to Buehrle and go out and throw another one next time. I think the blogger is just a bitter Cubs fan!

Totally sarcastic article.

But, for you non-athletic posters wondering if the umpire could've affected the outcome by his calls, based on the fact that Buehrle only had 6 K's, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. If the Ump was calling a consistently larger strike zone, then the players would adjust and start swining at balls outside the normal zone. That would cause more ground outs and fly outs.

This is why the media is out of control these days. Too many reporters over hyping everything and looking for a story when there isnt one. The fact that Buehrle only had 6 strikeouts shows that there is no way this can be a conspiracy. The same zone was called throughout the game and when the ball is actually hit, Cooper was completely out of it. I am all for freedom of speech but you sir are an idiot for coming up with such a stupid conspiracy theory. Just a shame that you want to take away from a piece of history like this. Sour grapes IMO

"that would be the bestest story ever (at least if you were a writer)"

I don't care if it is tounge in cheek, written while you were drunk or forced to post something with a gun to your head. No "writer" with an ounce of self-respect would ever allow his name to be used in conjuction with an article with the non-word "bestest" in it.