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What is a perfect game in baseball? Author Paul Dickson inThe New Baseball Dictionary(1999) describes it best with, "Ano-hitterin which no opposing player reaches first base, either by a base hit, base on balls, hit batter, or fielding error; i.e., the pitcher or pitchers retire all ...
Joe Torre, manager:It was my 59th birthday. It was funny; people were talking about Yogi and Don Larsen. I was at that game as a 16-year-old. I got off from school. God forbid I saved the ticket; you didn't do that stuff in those days. Coney starts pitching and he's throwing...
The article focuses on former baseball player John Paciorek. Paciorek's first game in the major leagues on September 29, 1963 is considered in which he set a record as he reached base at every at bat, scored two runs and drove in three runs. It is noted that a back injury resulted in...
In baseball, a No-hitter means no hits by the opposing team, but there might be walks or errors; a Perfect Game means no opposing player reaches base.
With his late uncle with him every step of the way, Germán tossed Major League Baseball's first perfect game since 2012 in the Yankees'11-0 win over the A's. It was the fourth perfect game in franchise history, and the first since David Cone's dominant performance against the Expos on...
Look, if it were my choice, I would fire Brian Cashman the moment Game No. 162 came to a close. Hal Steinbrenner won't do that, so instead, the team should consider a complete overhaul of their analytics department. Writers like Erik Boland, reporters like Buster Olney, and even team ...
The Starbucks cup, 'Game of Thrones' Many "Game of Thrones" fans felt the hit HBO series got a little sloppy toward the end, and the most infamous (or at least viral) continuity error that came up in the show's final season only bolstered those feelings. In Season 9, Episode 4, ea...
000 career strikeouts and nearly threw a perfect game Sunday. In eight starts as a Dodger, he’s held opponents to five earned runs with 72 strikeouts and five walks over 51 innings. He was named National League player of the week on Monday after tossing 22 scoreless innings in his last...
Nestle’s 100 Grand candy bar was originally named the $100,000 Grand candy bar, inspired by game shows in the 1950s. People have been trying to get to the bottom of why the name was changed to 100 Grand in the mid '80s, but have not yet solved the mystery. The candy bar’s nam...