Daily Archives: March 20, 2015

Happy birthday to Kennedy and Shoun

No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers March 20, 2015 1 Comment

It’s a busy day for no-no birthdays, with our wishes going out to Vern Kennedy and Clyde Shoun. Kennedy, a Chicago White Sox pitcher born on this day in 1907, threw a no-no for against the Cleveland Indians at Comiskey Park on August 31, 1935. The Cincinnati Reds’ Clyde Shoun, born in 1912, no-hit the…

#16, the Minnesota Twins

The NoNoHitters 30By Dirk Lammers March 20, 2015 Leave a comment

The Minnesota Twins franchise, which began American League play as the Washington Senators in 1901 and spent 60 years in the nation’s capital before moving to Minneapolis, has thrown seven no-hitters. That gives the Twins the No. 16 spot on our NoNoHitters 30 count down. The great Walter Johnson threw the franchise’s first no-no, and…