The Rules for Chasing That Million-Dollar Perfect Game

Entrants will have to be signed in to Xbox Live or PlayStation Network as, interestingly enough, it looks like they’ll be required to select something called “Perfect Game Mode” – which displays that text during your game, and must be visible during the video recording of it.

Other restrictions: No delay tactics. No pausing. No mound visits, which is a new feature that can calm down your pitcher or improve his stamina, although if no one is on base it’s doubtful his pitching target would be jittery in the first place.

Here’s the biggie, though: You can’t pick your pitcher, only your team. You must then throw with the team’s pitcher scheduled to start that very day (which is a feature under the game’s MLB Today mode.) As this contest begins March 2 and baseball doesn’t start until April, I guess that means you get the use of your favorite team’s opening day starter for a month. Then for April you gotta be smart and pick the days when Johan Santana or Roy Halladay or whomever is actually gonna start.

Finally, for those going after this, I’d say it’s almost a rule that you not follow your catcher’s pitch call suggestions, especially location. It seems to be a one-way ticket to Line Drive Island.

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