Posts Tagged ‘Perfect Game’

Following Mark Buherle’s perfect game last week, the 18th perfect game in the history of the sport, there has been a discussion about how great of a pitcher Mark Buherle has been. Much of the discussion revolves around the idea that Buherle has thrown two no-hitters in his career. While no-hitters are a rare event (as any Met fan will begrudgingly tell you), typically a handful will be thrown every season. This got me thinking… why are no-hitters celebrated? AJ Burnett once threw a no-hitter but walked nine batters. Why don’t we celebrate no-walkers? At least that would put Burnett’s feat in historical context…

“Yeah… AJ has a no-hitter… but come on… Cliff Lee had seven no-walkers”