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I was robbed of a perfect game in backyard whiffleball one time...on the last out, I thought my brother made the catch but he said he trapped it...ended up with a two hitter...

...bullshit...that game was better than all these.

Quiz Question:

Who is this Hall of Fame player who miraculously saved the perfect game with this catch and hit a home run for the first run of the game?

Prize to be determined.

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Reggie Jackson.

Bernie Williams...

I believe it more difficult to strikeout 20+ batters than throw a no-hitter at any level above junior high.

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Jim Bouton

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I have a simple question.

When a pitcher goes out to the mound for each inning is his ultimate goal to:
1) Stop all 3 batters from reaching base.
2) Strike out two of them.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

By the size and shape of the wings I would say its a falcon.

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Here is a hint. Even with bad knees, he could practically defeat a cheetah in a race.
You might as well have guessed Satan, the insult is so cutting.

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Jake Taylor

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Thurman Munson?

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That's nothing...

...here's the REAL greatest game ever pitched:

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05122001.shtml

3) Rack up the most points you can on the Bill James scale.

Just like Cubs fans to celebrate a start where a guy gave up a hit and hit a guy.

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no hitter vs. no hitter with 21 strikeouts = TIE per the CSFMB.

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I don't think anyone thinks that.

People have brought up no hitters, but the real discussion is perfect games. You can technically lose on a no hitter. I know of no way you can lose with a perfect game, unless of course you find a way to forfeit.

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A 20 strikeout game is much less common than a perfect game. A lot of the perfect games depend on the fielders. With 20 strikeouts Kerry Wood only needed the fielders for 7 outs. A perfect game is something that happens on occasion as long as the umpire gets the out calls right and some of the fielders save an out or two. If I remember correctly the infield hit against was a slow grounder to third. Did anyone even hit the ball out of the infield against Wood?

I have not seen the other 20K games, but Wood's 20K was more dominating than any of the perfect games I've witnessed. The movement on his slider was absolutely unhittable.

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To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Having 3 sacrifice flies in a game is much less common than a perfect game too. Is that better than throwing a perfect game?

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On TV right now. Everyone stop what you are doing, watch the whole thing, then come back and continue the argument.

Allowing 2 baserunners < Allowing 0 baserunners

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Not according to math guru Bill James.

That's why Rick correctly debunked the Game Score fallacy. It's a Rube Goldberg machine attempting to tell you something you inherently know to not be true.

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Who cares. It's an arbitrary system designed to examine various games for comparative purposes. The points assigned to strikeouts might have been to give everything a round number. It allows for any number of narratives, and articles like these are written. We could assign double points for things like hitting a seagull and squirrels running on the field. I'm not sure one system would be any more definitive than another.

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Well considering there's been a half dozen multiple page topics on this subject alone...

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First "replay" game I've ever watched and WOW.
I thought it woudn't live up to the hype of the greatest game ever pitched and........God was I wrong. More impressive than I remember.

If you think Humber or Buerhle pitched more dominant games:
Your Sox love and Cubs hate is forcing you to say what you know isn't true.

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

And if you think that allowing 2 baserunners was more impressive than allowing 0 baserunners, your Cubbie chubby is forcing you to say things you know isn't true.

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I wish they'd take a Dvd of this game, tape it to 1 of santo's legs and run it up the fucking left field foul pole. Yes it was a great pitched game. Does it have to be brought up 5 times every fucking year?

Here it does.

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MICKEY BLEEPIN' MANTLE!!!!!!!




WOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What do I win??????

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The last bottle of Old Grand-Dad from the Mick's stash.

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I know how serious he takes Mickey Sanderson Mantle, this is probably gonna be the greatest prize in the history of the CSFMB, (ir)regardless of who the winner is.

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