I've been thinking about this question over the weekend and I'm thinking now that it would be the triple crown. The perfect game is a defensive team effort with the pitcher getting the lions share of the credit -- probably deserved, but look at the game last week. If the center fielder hadn't made a circus catch to prevent a home run, that perfect game would have been a routine one-hitter.

A fifty-plus game hitting streak, a .400 season and the triple crown are less dependent on the rest of the team. My vote goes to the triple crown because is covers more of the essential skills in baseball, both offensive (Batting Average, RBI, and Home Runs) and defensive (pitchers ERA, Wins and strikeouts).

The hardest feat?
I don't know, a perfect game seems right to me.

One thing I remember, one of my friends dad took us to watch a Astro game back in 74.

Lord have mercy, when Mike Schmidt on the opposing team hit the ball, everyone gasped, it sounded like a 50 caliber went off in the Astrodome.

The ball he hit hit a speaker and fell into center field, all the umpires looked at each other, all the players looked at each other, the managers came out to argue.

The umpires all huddled up and, personally I don't remember, but Mike either got a single or a ground rule double, depending on which site you read.

All I have to say is that has to be the hardest hit baseball I have ever seen.

When it hit the speaker, it was still on the way up. Statistic sites say the speaker was 100' above the field and 300' from home plate. That was a monster shot.

Generals games are the way to go... Lots of fun and low prices. Sorta anyway. gettin in cost ya 6 bucks and the beers are 3 bucks so get out there and support the team...

Wayward, that was in the days before free agency. I doubt if Clemente was making more than 15 to 20 thousand a year.

That throw I will never forget he had a gun for an arm - you rarely see outfielders these days throw like that, it's a lost art I guess.

rollinstone...Yeah, but you're talking about Roberto Clemente doing it. He could do the most extraordinary things with such ease and grace that, at the time, it didn't seem that difficult. What's the likelyhood of another Clemente coming along in your lifetime? He was simply one of the very best to ever play the game. He played baseball with every ounce of his tremendous ability every time he stepped between the foul lines. I envy your having seen that throw.

The longest standing baseball records:

http://mlb.com/mlb/history/longest_st...

a feat that is even harder is batting .400, the last in 1941-Ted Williams. But you have different rules now than in that era and you won't see that happen just as a 30 game winner (pitcher). Don't know that stat of the top of my head for pitchers.

Sure I was rooting for George Brett to get .400 and the one who lost out for sure is Tony Gwyenn during the strike season. He ended up like .390+

Triple Crown in baseball hasn't been pulled since 1967.

Back when the mound was higher they pitched a lot of shutouts and 1 or 2 to nothing games. They have lowered the mound and narrowed the strike zone to get more hitting - otherwise I think the game would have died do to lack of interest.

Here's an idea, have them switch to aluminum bats :(

triple crown! it draws more dedicated fans back for awhile since its a season long achievement against the league and not just 1 particular game.

just as the HR champ stirs excitement when its close and TV start detailing the games left, who is pitching probables etc.

GO SOUTHSIDE GO, the catch at centerfield in 9th was awesome!!!!!!!!

At the major league level, it has to be a perfect game…. In this era of specialty, a pitcher would have to pitch the entire nine innings without giving up a hit, walk, hit a batter, and your team cannot commit an error allowing a runner to reach base… 27 up 27 down..

I saw Roberto Clemente throw out a runner at home plate from deep in center field a long time ago. The ball was on a line with one bounce. It was a perfect strike at the plate - I have not seen that done again from deep in center with the same power and precision.

I agree with Scout that the triple crown is probably the most difficult feat in baseball. Hitting for the cycle is also something of an event. Of course, the way I played baseball, simply hitting that round ball with a round bat was difficult enough.

We're talking about baseball. It's VERY important!

not mentioned...the triple crown