June 14, 201214 yr :banana: Ties the record for a perfect game with 14 K's. I was about to go to bed but thankfully twitter notified me. 22nd in MLB history. 22nd in MLB history, 4th within a 25 month span.
June 14, 201214 yr From 9/16/88 when Browning threw his perfect game until 5/18/04 when Randy Johnson threw his perfect game there was 5 perfect games between those years, that's almost a 16 year period with 5 perfect games...Since 7/23/09 when Buehrle threw his perfect game until now there have already been 5 perfect games + 9 no hitters, that's in a little less than 3 year period...Pretty Crazy I just looked it up on espn because I never remember no hitters/perfect games happening so frequently... When I heard about Cain throwing his perfect game, I barely raised an eyebrow. It is becoming such a common occurrence it has lost its luster. Not taking anything away from it. Kind of like breaking the 4 minute mile barrier. When Bannister broke through it was huge news, but it happens all the time now. Maybe not the best of analogies, but you see what I am saying.
June 14, 201214 yr When I heard about Cain throwing his perfect game, I barely raised an eyebrow. It is becoming such a common occurrence it has lost its luster. Not taking anything away from it. Kind of like breaking the 4 minute mile barrier. When Bannister broke through it was huge news, but it happens all the time now. Maybe not the best of analogies, but you see what I am saying. I agree...While it's still exciting to see a perfect game/no hitter it has become less exciting for me over the years as well...I still enjoy seeing the last couple innings and always try to find the game on TV when I see it scroll across the bottom of ESPN and I would really enjoy seeing a Red do it...For me the most exciting thing in baseball is a Cycle, I have no idea how many there have been and there might be just as many cycles as perfect games but watching a guy hit for the Cycle is really cool and is really hard to do...
June 14, 201214 yr I agree...While it's still exciting to see a perfect game/no hitter it has become less exciting for me over the years as well...I still enjoy seeing the last couple innings and always try to find the game on TV when I see it scroll across the bottom of ESPN and I would really enjoy seeing a Red do it...For me the most exciting thing in baseball is a Cycle, I have no idea how many there have been and there might be just as many cycles as perfect games but watching a guy hit for the Cycle is really cool and is really hard to do... Players have hit for the cycle around 300 times so it happens a lot more often. However, since there are 18 spots in the batting order that could hit for the cycle vs 2 pitchers that could throw a perfect game the odds aren't far off.
June 14, 201214 yr I agree...While it's still exciting to see a perfect game/no hitter it has become less exciting for me over the years as well...I still enjoy seeing the last couple innings and always try to find the game on TV when I see it scroll across the bottom of ESPN and I would really enjoy seeing a Red do it...For me the most exciting thing in baseball is a Cycle, I have no idea how many there have been and there might be just as many cycles as perfect games but watching a guy hit for the Cycle is really cool and is really hard to do... There are way, way more cycles than perfect games. 293 cycles have been recorded. It so happens there have been more perfect games this year (2) than cycles (1), but that's not common. A cycle comes as often as a no-hitter. What IS rare though, is a "natural" cycle. That's when the batter hits them in order (single, then double, then triple, then home run). That's only happened 13 times. Gary Mathews, Jr. is the last one to do that, in 2006.
June 14, 201214 yr There are way, way more cycles than perfect games. 293 cycles have been recorded. It so happens there have been more perfect games this year (2) than cycles (1), but that's not common. A cycle comes as often as a no-hitter. What IS rare though, is a "natural" cycle. That's when the batter hits them in order (single, then double, then triple, then home run). That's only happened 13 times. Gary Mathews, Jr. is the last one to do that, in 2006. Gary Mathews Jr, I think his last at bat came with the Louisville Bats :lol: I always liked him though
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