I had a dream last night I pitched a no hitter, last out reached on an error and was caught stealing 2nd and I wanted it to count as perfect.
I had a dream that I was the official scorer. Last guy reached on an error, and I gave the guy a hit.
Until a few years ago, Ernie Shore was credited with a perfect game because he entered the game after the first batter reached on a walk and the starting pitcher was ejected for punching the umpire on the nose, the baserunner was caught stealing, and Shore retired the next 26 batters. I used to assume that a pitcher could have someone reach on an error, walk or HBP and get credit for a perfect game if the baserunner was erased in a DP, picked off or caught stealing so that he only faced 27 batters, but apparently that wasn’t the rule, and Shore’s designation was sui generis because someone else had walked the batter that got caught stealing. In any event, MLB clarified a few years ago that Shore does not get credit with a perfect game or even a no-hitter.
Am I correct to assume that you both know who was the starting pitcher who walked the leadoff man and got ejected for punching the ump in the nose, leading to Shore coming into the game?