The first rule about baseball's elusive perfect game is YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THE PERFECT GAME UNTIL IT'S PERFECT.
Here's why, as illustrated by one Martha Stewart.
A "perfect game" in baseball is when a pitcher completes a full game while retiring every batter he faces — over nine innings that's 27 batters faced and 27 batters retired. It hasn't happened in Major League Baseball since 2012, and is one of most difficult accomplishments in baseball.
That's why, when a pitcher is threatening to throw a perfect game — say for example, he's perfect through several innings — teammates and fans go to great lengths not to mention the masterpiece-in-progress for fear of jinxing it. Read more...
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