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Originally Posted by CBeisbol
You can lose a perfect game on a defensive error
I guess you can lose one on an umpire error as well
But, I don't think there's an obvious right or wrong answer for this.
-A perfect game with an asterisk? I'm ok with that. But, I think it sets a precedent that might open up some other cans of worms. Any batting titles that might have gone the other way with a different call on a hit/error? Can someone with XX99 hits go to the tape and say they really had XX99+1 hits? Is every statistic now up for review?
-His performance is more famous because of this incident? I'm ok with that. Though, I see how a list of perfect games is more likely to survive into history than the story of this one game.
There's no perfect (no pun intended) solution.
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If say the first baseman drops a foul ball but the batter is still retired later in the count, is it still a perfect game? It's still 27 up and 27 down.