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From: jmd@rduxb.UUCP (Joseph M. Dakes)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: IS this possible?
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Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 10:29:35 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  4 10:29:35 1985
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> >Here's one for you:  Is it possible to have a perfect game where
> >the winning team commits an error?  Think about it...

> Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I would guess that if a batter hit
> a catchable foul pop that a fielder dropped, that fielder would be given
> an error even if the batter were retired on a subsequent pitch.  If twenty-
> seven batters came to the plate without any reaching first base, this would
> still be a perfect game.

I thought that if the batter was retired there would not be an error 
charged to the fielder who dropped the foul ball because no one was
allowed to reach base or advance a base due to the fielder's miscue.
Does anyone know for sure?

						Joseph M. Dakes
						AT&T Bell Laboratories
						Reading, PA
						rduxb!jmd

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