San Francisco Bay Area sports photographer Brad Mangin shot Oakland A’s pitcher Dallas Braden’s perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Yesterday was one of those special days at the ballpark that you can never predict, and when it is over you take awhile to soak it all in and wonder if that all really happened. Yes- Oakland Athletic’s left-handed pitcher Dallas Braden tossed a Perfect Game at the Tampa Bay Rays on a cool Mother’s Day afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum. 27 Rays went to the plate trying to get on base, and all 27 of them made an out, making Braden only the 19th pitcher in the history of baseball to achieve perfection on a big league diamond. Oh yeah, I was there to photograph this historic occasion.

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