Hard-Luck Harvey Haddix and the Greatest Game Ever Lost
He pitched a baseball game that was more than perfect, and yet he lost. Southpaw Harvey Haddix had logged a solid but unspectacular career by the time he took the mound on May 26, 1959. Facing the Milwaukee Braves, he set down the first 36 batters in a row, or 12 innings'' worth--a perfect game three innings longer than the norm. But his Pittsburgh Pirates couldn''t score, either, and Haddix lo...
He pitched a baseball game that was more than perfect, and yet he lost. Southpaw Harvey Haddix had logged a solid but unspectacular career by the time he took the mound on May 26, 1959. Facing the Milwaukee Braves, he set down the first 36 batters in a row, or 12 innings'' worth--a perfect game three innings longer than the norm. But his Pittsburgh Pirates couldn''t score, either, and Haddix lo...
