Perfect Game Baseball Is Rare-But Can It Happen?

In baseball, a perfect game is a game where none of the batters from each competing team reaches a base. Usually, the pitcher is the one who is in the limelight whether he "throws" a great game or not. Great game baseball requires that the pitcher must toss a no-hitter, must not walk or hit a batter and in the whole game no hitter should reach first base even on an error. In short, the score should be "27 up, 27 down".

Perfect Game Baseball Is Rare-But Can It Happen?

A Very Good game baseball is a very rare feat. In fact, ever since teams professionally began playing in the late 1800's, perfect game baseball only occurred 20 times. Since what people the "modern era" of baseball, the perfect game has only been achieved 18 times. The term "perfect game" in baseball was first used in 1908.

The

official definition of a perfect game in baseball was formalized in 1991.Before the official definition, as long as a game didn't last the full nine innings, it was already considered a perfect game. In the current definition these days, a game should be both a no-hitter and shutout.

The Role of the Pitcher

Because a pitcher cannot control errors on the part of his teammates, it is very important for the pitcher to be supported by solid pitching in order to achieve a game baseball.

No-hitters are not always considered very good games since a batter can still reach a base through error or a walk.

It is very important for a pitcher to be in command of his pitches in order to achieve a very good game. According to the history of baseball, game pitchers have an average of 3.7 pitches per batter. This means that pitchers shouldn't really focus on striking out batters but they should spot the ball where they want it to be and sort of confuse the batter. If this works and confuses him but he swings anyway even if he doesn't like the pitch, the result will probably be a no-hitter or a very weak grounder or easy pop fly.

The Most Famous Game

The most famous game in baseball history is during the 1956 World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees. The perfect game was thrown by the Yankees pitcher Don Larsen. This is the most famous game because this is the only time in the history of the World Series that a perfect game was

achieved.

Larsen wasn't doing very well during the earlier part of the 1956 World Series but had seven strikeouts in the game with the Dodgers. The Yankees made baseball history and won seven games in the 1956 World Series.

A great game can only be achieved with a combination of a great performance from a pitcher, great fieldwork and teamwork and a little bit of luck. In most good games, great fieldwork is a huge factor wherein a player on the field saves the perfect game one or more times.