Welcome to Snyder’s Soapbox. Every week, I’ll be giving my weekly opinion on matters relating to Major League Baseball. The topics covered will range from the urgent to the insignificant. This website is free and you can click away. But if you stick around, you will become smarter. It’s a 100% money-back guarantee. Let’s start. This past summer, my friend presented a scenario where we could find ourselves in a statistical quagmire. My boy Rodney inspired me to write this Soapbox. It’s a perfect game. It’s 0-0 so we go to extra innings. Assume that the team decides to send this pitcher back for the extra inning. It’s hard to believe in the modern world, but please humor me. Our pitcher, who had not allowed a single baserunner in the first nine innings, now has to face a runner. The opposing team bunts a runner up to third. A sacrifice fly is used to stop the run.
The pitcher today has received terrible support from the team, so let’s stick to this theme. The bunt was not very good but the defense executed it poorly without an error. The sac fly was not deep but the outfielder had made a poor attempt to throw it home. Our pitcher hits out the next batter. The team with this pitcher then goes out again for the bottom 10th, but fails to score. Our pitcher faced 30 hitters and got them all out. He took the loss despite having given up an unearned run.
Remember, MLB has ruled in the 2020 season that any no-hitters in doubleheaders of seven innings won’t be officially counted, and this obviously includes perfect games. MLB is aware of the fact that disagreements will arise over things like perfect games or no-hitters when strange rules get in their way. The official MLB rulebook 2025 includes Rule 9, which covers the various statistics, and how to calculate and decide them. It’s…
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2025-12-16 21:50:59
