Fifty years ago tonight, Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched a perfect game — nine innings of perfect baseball, plus three extra innings: 36 up, and 36 down — and still took the loss.
About the Author
John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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