The BIGS

Ok... I agree with everyone else that said Johan Santana with AL All Stars is a good pick vs. a bad team like Pittsburgh. I did make some trades to make them even worse. That is up to you though. However, to make it even easier/faster make sure you score a run in the first inning and then bunt down the first base side for the rest of the game. This stops the opponents power meter from ever filling and makes the game go by much faster...so you should never have to worry about boosted hits or power blasts. I did my game just now in 18 minutes. Just try to strike out batters as best you can and manage your boost pitches wisely. I saved my Big Heat until the final batter and took him down.

(If you are going for other achievements other then textbook perfection or penultimate perfection, then obviously this is no good for you. This method is just a way to speed up the process.)

Before you start the game on easy, go to the rosters menu. Then go to trade players. Take any team (I chose the Marlins) and trade off all the good players Like Hanley and Cabrera, for junk players on other teams. I suggest one or two stars Max for contact and power. Do worry about positions, its fine if they cant field the ball. You play with the AL AllStars against your newly created team. When playing never use a power swing because the computer has a 50/50 chance of making a wall leaping catch to give them 25000 points, just beat them with contact swings. During the game they will gain some points. So save your points for "Big Heat" while pitching. When the opponent has half their points bar filled use the "Big Heat" to steal their points. If they fill their bar they will use the "power blast" and hit a home run nomatter what pitch you throw. Use your turbo only when pitching, trust me you will have no problem scoring runs.

This is roughly the exact same as a perfect game. The only exceptions are that you can walk or hit the batter. As long as the batters dont get a hit you should get the credits of a no hitter. And it must be done in a nine inning game in single player.