Ultimately, an inspiring game of baseball is more about competitive excellence than winning. Pitching five innings of shutout baseball is less excellence than 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Frankly, in today's game we would have never known Jack Morris's excellence in the 91 WS, 7th game. My opinion, but I remember when the pursuit of excellence carried more weight than winning, especially as compared to today. A No-hitter or perfect game is far more impressive by one pitcher because mentally and physically it is harder to attain. Excellence does matter because it inspires excellence. As for winning, someone always wins, even in the crappiest game played in MLB history.