Louisiana Teacher Wins 2K’s “Perfect Pitch Challenge” to Become a Millionaire

Brian Kingrey is a lucky man. He practiced and practiced and eventually became the first person to pitch a perfect game on MLB 2K11. This feat made Brian an instant millionaire due to a contest by 2K sports that would reward the first person to pitch a perfect game with $1,000,000

Brian is the second person to win the contest, the first being Wade McGilberry in MLB 2K10.  He used Roy Halladay, the cover athlete of MLB 2K11. Here’s what he had to say about his victory.

I’m not really into sports games, but I am into competitive games, so when I heard about this competition, I couldn’t leave it alone. Two weeks before the competition started, my wife forced me to go get the game. She was like “I don’t know why you’re not doing this.”

Roy Halladay has the most control on his pitch in the game. And he has this really mean slider that’s amazing against right-handers. The Astros only have two lefties in their lineup. I’d throw it low and to the right and then they would swing and miss.

It has now happened twice that someone has won a million dollars playing virtual baseball. Only in America…