May 27 in Pittsburgh Pirates History: National League President Warren Giles rules that the final score of the near perfect game thrown by the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Harve (1959)

On May 27, 1959, National League President Warren Giles rules that the final score of the near perfect game thrown by the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Harvey Haddix should be 1-0, and not 3-0. Giles says that when Joe Adcock passed Hank Aaron on the bases after hitting a home run, both runners should have be

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