Perfection

I’ve always been a bit curious about the term “perfect” when applied to a pitched game—”no hitter” is much more descriptive and, well, gritty sounding. For all you non-baseball fans, a perfect game is when the pitcher allows no hits, no walks, nobody at all to get on base. In any way. A no-hitter can include walks, errors, and all kinds of fumbling.

Randy Johnson was the oldest (40) player to pitch a perfect game in the major leagues last night for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He’s a gangly, 7-ft character whose nickname is the Big Unit, he doesn’t say much, doesn’t smile much. But he was smiling last night. He joins only 14 others who have accomplished this feat in 100 years. Congratulations Randy Johnson. Now will ya go and join your buddy Curt Schilling over at the Red Sox??
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In non-baseball news, there’s a great new place blog to explore: The Where Project by Boston College graduate student Tim Lindgren. As the Ecotone Wiki approaches its first anniversary as a collaborative exploration of place in the blogosphere, it’s heartening to see the arrival of newcomers such as Tim. Stop on by!