The Baseball Eyewitness Test By

You may have heard of the purity tests that circulate around college campuses, listing 100 profligate activities, each of which, if engaged in, reduces a person's "purity" by one point. I thought it would be an interesting idea to make up a list of baseball related events, a checklist of sorts, to score how unique your baseball experiences have been. Not all of the following are that rare, but I doubt that anyone living has witnessed them all (except for a few, which I haven't confirmed, I believe every one of these has happened in my lifetime). And, yes, to score a point, you must actually have been at a game where the even occurred (television memories don't count). Hopefully you can prove it with a ticket stub and a completed scorecard, but I'll take your word for it. I tried to keep the list to events that could happen in any park on any day. Have fun with it. My score (to the best of my recollection) is at the bottom.

The Baseball Witness Test
Pitching
Event	--Date--	----Teams----	----Notes----
Shutout
15+ strikeout performance
3+ inning save
Balk
Successful pickoff
Complete game loss
Pitcher gets out of bases loaded, no out jam without giving up any runs
5 (or fewer) pitch inning
Starting pitcher gives up no hits and loses
Pitcher throws to first base 5+ times in a row
One team uses 6+ pitchers in a game
Position player pitches
4 strikeouts in an inning
No hitter
Starting pitcher strikes out none, earns win
Pitcher warned about, placed under suspicion for or caught doctoring the ball by umpire
Starting pitcher pitches into extra innings
Starting pitcher yanked in first inning
Starting rotation pitcher pitches in relief
Perfect game
Batting
Grand slam
4+ hit game
Multiple home run game (same player)
Multiple triple game (same player)
Upper deck (or out of the park or 470'+) home run
Inside the park home run
Pitcher pinch hits
Pitcher hits home run
Ground rule double
Pinch hit substitution in mid at-bat
Game leading off home run
Every player in the starting lineup gets a hit
Each team scores more than 10 runs
Cycle
Fair ball hits umpire
Batter hits out of turn
Pinch hitter bats twice in same inning
Ball hits foul pole (foul screen, etc.)
4 home run game
Back to back to back home runs
Fielding
2 errors on one play (same player)
Catch a ball that would have been a home run
5-4-3 double play
3-6-3 double play
Unassisted double play
Outfield assist
Runner thrown out at home
Triple play
Unassisted triple play
Fielder collision
Fielder leaves play (or begins to) with less than 3 outs
Ball touched by two or more players and caught before hitting the ground
Team's errors outnumber hits
Fielder loses ball in sun/lights and it drops
"Hidden ball trick" successfully executed
4 error game (same player)
1-2-3 double play
Play with 5+ ball handlings (like a 6-5-4-5-4 rundown)
Bare handed fielding play successful
Diving catch
Baserunning
Steal of home
Runner called out for passing another runner
Runner hit by batted ball
Rundown with runner reaching next base
Slide into first
Runner advances on fly ball caught by infielder
Bunt base hit
Double steal
Runner tags and advances two bases with no error charged
Pitcher slides head first into a base
Runner called out for leaving basebath
Runner called out for interference
Successful squeeze bunt
Pinch runner caught stealing
Runner called out for tagging up too soon
Runner called out on appeal for missing base
Base stolen on catcher's throw back to pitcher
Catcher picks off runner
Runner knocks ball out of fielder's glove
Two runners wind up at same base
Miscellaneous
Manager ejected
Bench clearing brawl
Fan runs on field
Catcher's interference
Milestone reached or record broken
Game under 1h 45 min
Game over 5 hours
15+ inning game
4 1/2 inning game
Attendance less than 8,000
Attendance more than 50,000 (or sellout)
Rain delay - must see entire game
Meet someone you know but didn't expect to see
Opening day
Forfeit
Catch a batted ball
Batter charges the mound
Bottom of the ninth, come from behind win
One umpire overrules another's decision
Player makes major league debut

My score is a pretty pathetic 30. I wonder how fast I can get to 50. I wonder if there's anybody around who has a score of 95 or better? Special thanks to Mark Johnson and Luke Levis for their contributions to the list.