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Originally Posted by miked
I read a stat that it was only the second or third time in history a pitcher has been pulled from a perfect game after 7. I would say it is not as much of a "meh" but rather history. Not say you should destroy a guy to get there, but 80 pitches is done? There have been like 20 perfect games in history, I kind of think baseball could use some things like that considering how dreadful it has become to watch these days.
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I guess because it was Kershaw's first start of the season. The risk in pushing him harder than you should, outweighs the benefit. He has also been injury prone in recent years, so this is a guy that you should treat cautiously. I think it's unfortunate that this happened though.