But let’s say someone makes an unusually spectacular play in the field to rob someone of a sure hit. Should that count against the perfect game?
It would be impossible to distinguish that situation. You’d have to come up with another category—”shoulda been a hit.” Very subjective. As I said, that’s why no-hitters involve a whole lot of luck, and not getting a no-hitter often involves a lot of bad luck. But it could be an objective standard to award a perfect game to a pitcher who gets everyone out, and one of his fielders makes an error. However, I am not about to try to change baseball tradition for this one anomaly. I’m just sayin’.
You’re thinking too much...