As he strode to the pitcher's mound in the last half of the 13th inning at Milwaukee's County Stadium one muggy night last week, the Pittsburgh Pirates' Harvey Haddix got a thunderous ovation. His place in the record books was already secure, win or lose. For stylish, hardworking Pitcher Haddix, 33 years old and with his best years behind him, had pitched twelve perfect innings of baseballmore than any other man in the game's history.
Not a single Milwaukee batter had reached first base, and the little (5 ft. 9 in., 160 lbs.) lefthander...
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