SensationalM
SensationalM t1_j2vomjk wrote
Reply to comment by TurboMuff in The man who was born to be World Champion fulfils his destiny, as Michael Smith defeats Michael van Gerwen 7-4 to claim the biggest prize in darts and become world number one! by carnifex2005
but do we count professional baseball stats from before there was television?
SensationalM t1_j2voa3a wrote
Reply to comment by TurboMuff in The man who was born to be World Champion fulfils his destiny, as Michael Smith defeats Michael van Gerwen 7-4 to claim the biggest prize in darts and become world number one! by carnifex2005
wrong...there were only 2 televised 9-dart legs prior to 2002...that doesn't mean they weren't happening
SensationalM t1_j2v106k wrote
Reply to comment by zxnoregretzxzx in The man who was born to be World Champion fulfils his destiny, as Michael Smith defeats Michael van Gerwen 7-4 to claim the biggest prize in darts and become world number one! by carnifex2005
there are soft tip dartboards with single and double corks though
SensationalM t1_j2v0scs wrote
Reply to comment by DDougie in The man who was born to be World Champion fulfils his destiny, as Michael Smith defeats Michael van Gerwen 7-4 to claim the biggest prize in darts and become world number one! by carnifex2005
the only thing i'll clarify here is that, while you're right, perfect game does bring to mind baseball, and this is much more common than that
much more comparable to an immaculate inning - 3 strikeouts on 9 pitches, or in other words 9 perfect pitches in a row
SensationalM t1_j2xcczc wrote
Reply to comment by jfl_cmmnts in The man who was born to be World Champion fulfils his destiny, as Michael Smith defeats Michael van Gerwen 7-4 to claim the biggest prize in darts and become world number one! by carnifex2005
this is a terrible take for so many reasons
>Dude I can throw a perfect inning, just get my sister up there batting, she'll swing at ANYTHING I strike her out every time.
i'm not comparing a 9 dart leg in the world championships to you striking out your sister...i'm comparing it to facing the best hitters on the planet
>Now have that pitcher hit strike-zone dead centre 9 times in a row - that's the equivalent
no it isn't because, the same way MVG or whoever isn't trying to hit the exact same spot every time, neither is a pitcher...a pitcher is trying to hit his spot, which isn't always right down the dick, same with darts...they're not up there aiming for 9 double corks every leg...not to mention, if you divide the strike zone into 9 equal boxes, so there's one right in the middle, 99% of professional pitchers (meaning all the way down to rookie ball) can hit that middle box 9/9 probably 99% of the time, it's not that hard; you literally picked an easier task for your equivalency
>Also have him do it under TV lights (if you've ever been on TV you know it's HOT up there) and with a thousand fans screaming in the same room
the world record for people at a darts event is about 1/3 of Yankee Stadium's average for last season, and they play outdoors in the summer...i think they'll be fine "under the lights with screaming fans"
since 1984, which was the first televised perfect leg...
perfect games (MLB) - 13
televised 9-dart legs - 72 (which means there were more professional 9-dart legs not televised...since 2007 there have been approx. 4 per year televised; if we assume 4 per year total going back to 1984, it's closer to 150)
immaculate innings (MLB) - 85
to say that a perfect leg in darts is similar in rarity to a perfect game in baseball, when one happens more than 5x as often is insane