Dallas Braden lost his mother in 2001, nine years earlier (baseball is a game of 9’s).*The ritual came 11 days prior to the 9th anniversary.His mother was Jodie Atwood.His perfect game came on Mother’s Day, May 9, or 5/9.His mother died at age 39 (Dallas Braden=39).His mother died on Cannonball Day, only important to the Jesuit Order.Strangely enough, we had a conversation with Dallas Braden’s teammate about this game, on the 54th day of Dallas Braden’s age.His mother died exactly 40 weeks after his birthday, and the A’s won the perfect game, 4-0.In the perfect game, the A’s improved to 13-7 (Tampa Bay=137, Dallas=13).Watch the interview with Daric Barton here: