It's one of the great feel-good stories in recent sports memory — only grandma's channelled Betty White and added some sauciness to it too.

Dallas Braden threw only the 18th perfect game in major league baseball since 1900 on Mother's Day, finding the perfect way on the perfect day to honor his mom, who died from cancer at the age of 39, while Braden was still in high school. The scene at Oakland Coliseum this afternoon seems almost too perfect to be true — if it was submitted as a movie script it'd be rejected as unrealistic by the same studio execs who green light things like The Transformers.

Still, we know it's real because Braden's grandmother — the woman who raised him after his mom died — went Mother's Day Rambo on the baseball superstar who disrespected her Dallas earlier this season. How did Peggy Lindsey react to her grandson's incredible moment?

Oh, she shed tears of joy. But she also took a shot at Alex Rodriguez — arguably the best player in baseball — for having knocked her grandson. A-Rod broke one of the unwritten rules of baseball when he walked right over the pitcher's mound in a game Braden was pitching against the Yankees last month. (Pitchers hate to have a non-pitcher disturb the dirt of the mound and every other player in baseball knows to walk around the raised surface).

When Braden (a former Texas Tech player) raised a righteous stink about A-Rod's cheap attempt at psychological warfare, the slugger with the biggest contract in baseball history implied that the unknown Braden — Dallas has a losing record in his young career and no one expects him to ever be a star — was simply trying to get "15 minutes of fame" by taking on Rodriguez.

Now that Braden's reached sudden fame by tossing only the 18th perfect game in the last 110 years, grandma has a few words for a pinstriped prima donna.

"Stick it, A-Rod," Peggy Lindsey said, making sure the reporters in Oakland heard.

Who doesn't love a kick-butt grandma? Betty White must be so proud.