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In response to "yes. no hitters have walks and/or errors. -- nm" by TFox

So a perfect game is one where no-on makes it to base on a hit? Or the bat never meets the ball? What does "perfect" mean? -- nm

Posted by TWuG Jul 23 '09, 13:46

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no hits, no walks, no errors, no runs. the ball can hit the bat, the bat can put the ball in play, but each batter is retired in succession. - TFox Jul 23, 13:47 1
- also no reaching base by the pitcher beaning you, nor from a dropped third strike. -- nm - zork Jul 23, 13:51
Perfect means two things -- a perfect pitching performance (no walks or hits) and a perfect fielding performance (no errors). -- nm - mara Jul 23, 13:47
No baserunners. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 13:46 11
- So a hit that results in an out still allows it to be "perfect" but would that allow it to be a "no hitter"? -- nm - TWuG Jul 23, 13:48 10
  - hits are only hits if you reach base safely (not forced out or tagged out) -- nm - zork Jul 23, 13:49
  - No. Hits are guys who get hits and reach base via the contact. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 13:49
  - that's not a "hit", its a "ball in play", but yes. -- nm - TFox Jul 23, 13:49 1
    - (and dude, if you can't follow this, should you really take it upon yourself to be spoiling anything?) - TFox Jul 23, 13:50
  - A "no-hitter" means no hits. A perfect game means no nothin'. - nubby (Buehrle!!!) Jul 23, 13:49 5
    - Ah. I see that I am stumbling on a definition. A "hit" to me is the ball and bat connecting regardless of whether it's eventually caught. - TWuG Jul 23, 13:51 4
      - Yes. Contact that results in an out is not a hit. -- nm - nubby (Buehrle!!!) Jul 23, 13:52 2
        
        (Actually, that's not strictly true, but we'll go with it.) -- nm - nubby (Buehrle!!!) Jul 23, 13:52 1
        
        I'm not sure if there's a baseball rule where there isn't a "except in this odd situation" you could tack on to it. -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 13:53
      - Yes, hits = base runners. contact = ball and bat making cracky sounds. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 13:51

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