John T. Halama enjoyed one bright spot in the sun during what has been an otherwise unremarkable pitching career. On July 7, 2001 Halama, while playing with the Tacoma Rainers, greeted the Calgary Cannons at Ben Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington. The Pacific Coast League had entered its 99th season of play in April without a 9 inning perfect game in its recordbook. Halama became the first 9 inning perfect game pitcher that night in league history with a 6-0 gem. Most leagues are not operating after 10 seasons let lone 99 seasons. Many leagues with less then 10 years in their history had nine inning perfect games in their record books. It took less then 2 years for the league to see its second nine inning perfect game. The question now is when will the league see its third?
Tomorrow we will look at a base running feat in the Northwest League.
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