Perfect Game

In what might be the most amazing story in the history of video games Wade McGilberry of Mobile, Ala., a 24-year-old experienced gamer was simply perfect. Back in January the creators of the new Major League Baseball game 2K10 came up with a very interesting promotion. The first person to throw a perfect game with specific settings and do so online would win a million dollars. Here is Wade's story:


After purchasing the game he debated with his wife Katy whether he should go to work or attempt the perfect game. He decided he'd show up to work in his capacity as a 401K record keeper. At around 4 p.m. that day, Wade returned from work. He logged on to XBox Live, set the game on the special perfect game mode, and just played.

Perfect game until the fifth. Base hit.
Reset.

Perfect game until the sixth. Base hit.
Reset.

Three more times, McGilberry shut the game off after he lost the perfect game.

But something strange happened during the sixth game. McGilberry took the perfect game to seventh, to the eighth and closed out the ninth. It had taken him less than an hour and a half to do it, he said.

"I called my wife, who was a work, and said, 'Honey, I'm done. I don't need to play anymore," McGilberry said.

He will collect his money shortly and spend the first part of his prize money on paying off his mortgage. As for how many perfect games he has thrown since Day 1?

"The funny thing is I haven't even come close since then," McGilberry said. "There must have been something special about that day."

From: http://www.cnbc.com/id/36960201