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The Baseball Project, a collection of musicians united by their love of the game, wrote a song called "Harvey Haddix" that included the lyric, "Now in history/only 17/have thrown a perfect game." That was back in 2008. Were they to sing it today, they'd have to update it to 22, including Matt Cain, who seriously threw the second perfect game of the season on Wednesday night. This is, quite frankly, absurd. Perfect games are supposed to be events that happen once a decade, not once a month. It has gotten to the point that we're yawning at mere one-hitters and barely acknowledging no-nos. What's next -- 27 pitches, 27 groundouts? Or maybe 27 strikeouts on 81 pitches? There are only so many songwriting hours in the day.

What do you make of the relatively large number of perfect games thrown in the past few years?

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  24%
  Fluke
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  76%
  Sign of some underlying change in the game

(Total votes: 38,365)

Who do you think would be more nervous in attempting to make the final out of a perfect game?

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  74%
  An infielder facing a grounder
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  26%
  An outfielder facing a fly ball

(Total votes: 40,478)

Which would you rather see in person?

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  36%
  A player hitting four home runs in one game
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  12%
  A player turning an unassisted triple play
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  52%
  A perfect game

(Total votes: 39,521)