Today’s Question – Gary and his cronies had just settled in to watch the baseball playoffs when someone lost the bottle opener. The mood turned ugly so Gary posed the following problem – What is the lowest (fewest) number of pitches a pitcher can throw in a regulation ballgame (no rain outs, extra innings, just regulation). There are two possible answers but only one is fewest. Can you help quiet the crowd with an answer?

Reveal Answer Answer - Da boys decided it was 27 pitches. That would be true if you were the winning pitcher. But if you were on the visiting team and you lost, the answer would be 25, since the winning home team would not bat in the bottom of the ninth. Thus\xe2\x80\xa6..24 put outs through eight innings and one home run to give you the loss.

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