Haddix tosses 12 perfect innings and loses, 58 years ago today
Today, May 26, marks the 58th anniversary of what is perhaps the greatest baseball game ever thrown by a pitcher. On May 26, 1959, in Harvey Haddix’s first season with the Pirates, the Medway, Ohio southpaw retired 36 Milwaukee Braves batters for a perfect game through 12 innings, but his team couldn’t score. Haddix lost…