Comments on: A Perfect Game: It’s Time To Break Down Barriers

By: 18down

18down — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:09:08 +0000

My son threw a perfect game in New Jersey during the All-Stars and I gotta tell ya, it was a magical night for him and his team, congrats to her because regardless of how many are thrown each year, to be perfect for that little while is pretty awesome, she should keep the line-up sheet from the coach.

By: persephone

persephone — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:31:33 +0000

Here is another good story about two sisters who won the boys state doubles championship in tennis this year.

http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=946900

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:09:16 +0000

I come from a generation where there were a lot of barriers to women and basically discovered that, so long as you’re very good at what you do, there’s always someone out there willing to help you break through.

My personal belief is that the only limitations you suffer are those that you set up yourself and don’t believe you can overcome.

By: Dr. Sardonic

Dr. Sardonic — Mon, 04 May 2009 02:26:29 +0000

Your best effort yet, champ. Lots of stuff to think about here.

By: spicoli

spicoli — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:47:20 +0000

I think the greatest barriers come from within us. We set our own limitations more than others set them for us.

By: persephone

persephone — Sat, 02 May 2009 12:15:51 +0000

If you follow the link included in David’s article, you will find the following reference:

“For those of you wondering just how special Mackenzie’s feat is, you can file it under ‘quite’. Though exact numbers are not kept, the national Little League office estimates that only 50 or 60 perfect games are thrown across the country each year.”

We are also in Florida and have been active in our district for the past 10 years. I do not believe that we have seen a perfect game in our district during that time.

I also do find it remarkable that a girl threw this particular perfect game. That is even more rare although, as noted in the link, it is not the first time that it has happened.

By: The Little League Coach

The Little League Coach — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:55:31 +0000

I guess it doesn’t relate so much to the article as the fact that all the hullabaloo about the perfect game itself. I have to ask if you have a source for your quote that only fifty or sixty are thrown every year?

How can you know this? I have been directly involved in Little League for 20 years and have never seen a report to fill out to document this. I know my teams have had perfect games pitched against them more than once, and we are a small league in DeBary, FL. We did send a team to the World Series one year, so we are pretty competitive as well.

By: persephone

persephone — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:14:45 +0000

Little League Coach — I don’t understand how your comment relates to the article, and I think you are mistaken, as well. Only fifty to sixty perfect games are thrown in little league each year. That is a very small percentage of games played each year. The fact that a girl could throw a perfect game against boys is remarkable. We live in a very competitive little league district and I don’t believe any players have thrown a perfect game in the past decade.

By: The Little League Coach

The Little League Coach — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:39:01 +0000

Just last week in our softball game a girl pitched a perfect game against us. It happens every day in Little League. It is easy for pitcher to dominate in Little League if they are slightly more advanced. While the promotion is great for the sport, to those of us close to the programs, it is not really that impressive.