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Originally Posted by commishbob
Three of the new intentional walks and three pickoffs would take NO pitches. 
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If such a strategy were applied repeatedly, the complete game would return and the pitch count would be irrelevant. The big question however is whether the pitcher’s pickoff count would supplant the pitch count and become the determining factor in when to go to the bull pen.
We may marvel at the immaculate inning, but it wouldn’t hold a candle to the “no pitch complete game.”