Melvin says that there is too much pressure on one individual to make such decisions.
Interestingly, the good folks at NORAD have adopted the same system and any nuclear strikes will now be decided by the President, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a sportswriter from the country about to get nuked.
6 I don't think it matters - if anything, I think it would detract from his achievement. Add it to the list, and it's just #18. Instead, he's sui generis; it's not just a perfect game, it's the Haddix game.
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"Shall we play a Strat-O-Matic game?"
Supposedly, after Harvey Haddix's famous performance, he received a postcard that he pinned over his locker. It read simply:
Dear Harvey,
Tough shit.
(CC: Doug Melvin)
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