I’m one of ‘em. I was one of those ‘stat guys’ as a kid who memorized all of ‘em without effort. (civics and such in school...not so good!!!).I just think that in a case like this....well, darn I feel bad for that young man hurling like that and then to have a perfecto taken from him. I bet if you polled the purists tonight...well, I’m thinking a lot of ‘em might be bending a bit, ONLY in cases like this. either way..MLB..still the greatest game God ever allowed on this earth.
Terrible thing because he earned it. It was taken away unfairly. But the game is not always fair, no matter how much they try.