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In baseball, a perfect game occurs when one or more pitchers for one team complete a full game with no batter from the opposing team reaching base. [1] In baseball leagues that feature nine-inning games like Major League Baseball (MLB), this means the pitchers involved must record an out against 27 consecutive batters, without allowing any hits, walks, hit batsmen, uncaught third strikes ...
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The book recounts the history of baseball through anecdotes about iconic pitches and interviews with pitchers such as Hall of Famers Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson and Nolan Ryan, as well as pitchers like Jamie Moyer and J.R. Richard. It also describes the mechanics of pitching, and its centrality to the game of baseball. [1]
On May 5, 1904, Cy Young of the Boston Americans threw a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics at Huntington Avenue Grounds.It was the third perfect game in Major League Baseball (MLB) history, and the first perfect game to be thrown under current day rules that were established in 1903.
For example, a list of pitch types that had remained mostly static for decades — fastball, slider, curveball, changeup — has expanded to include the sweeper.
In baseball, the pitch is the act of throwing the baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules. Originally, the ball had to be thrown underhand, much like "pitching in horseshoes". Overhand pitching was not allowed in baseball until 1884. The biomechanics of pitching have been studied extensively.