A pitcher for "that" team almost pitched a no-hitter today. It got broken up in the eighth inning.
When I heard about it, I decided to write about my thoughts on the perfect game.
A perfect game is when the pitcher completes the entire game without allowing a single opposing batter to reach base. As long as the game doesn't go into extra innings, that's 27 men up, 27 men down.
A couple years ago, I contemplated what could make the perfect game even more perfect. As the pitcher usually throws multiple pitches per at-bat, then only one pitch per batter would be more perfect. That's 27 pitches total.
But could it be even more perfect than that? Absolutely....
Outs can be made, for example, on ground balls to the infield or fly balls to the outfield. But what if each pitch resulted in a pop-up or a line drive that is caught by the pitcher? No other fielders would be needed...not even the catcher.
That would be as perfect as it could get...THE Perfect Game.
It can never happen, of course. Every batter would have to swing (and connect) on the first pitch. So in order to break up THE Perfect Game, all a batter would have to do is just stand there.
That's all some of them do anyway.
1 comment:
Hmmm. My perfect game is where there are tons of errors. People run all around the bases, and the scores are high and then they can go into overtime. And the peanut throwing vendor keeps coming by and...even in LA...people pass hard earned one dollar bills down the row...trusting each other that the money will get to the peanut man and the peanuts will get back to them...and then you can throw the peanut shells on the GROUND!
NO - I don't enjoy baseball games just for the peanuts! I love the 7th inning stretch too! EVERYONE stands up and sings the same song together. Ahhhhh!
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