The Kansas City Monarchs’ Eugene Marvin Collins threw what is considered to be the final no-hitter in major Negro Leagues history, 67 years ago today. On Sunday, May 22, 1949, Collins no-hit the Houston (relocated from Newark) Eagles for a 14-0 victory that may have been called early due to the mercy rule. Collins, a…
Happy 70th birthday to Jim Colborn, who threw the first home stadium no-hitter for the Kansas City Royals. Steve Busby threw two no-nos before Colborn, but both were on the road. On May 14, 1977, at Royals Stadium, Colborn no-hit the Texas Rangers for a 6-0 win. It was the first Royals no-no at the…
Former major-league pitcher Ravelo Manzanillo threw the second no-hitter in the history of the Chinese Professional Baseball League, 24 years ago today. On Thursday, May 21, 1992, Manzanillo, playing for the Brother Elephants, no-hit the Wei Chuan Dragons for a 4-0 win. Nine years later, while pitching for the Mexican League’s Yucatan Lions on June…
Had the amazing opportunity to be a panelist Friday on MLB Now, with host Brian Kenny, former pitcher Joe Magrane and the New York Post’s Joel Sherman. Here’s the one-one segment about the book: Your browser does not support iframes.
I’ll be appearing on MLB Network’s MLB Now from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT today as a panelist alongside host Brian Kenney, the New York Post’s Joel Sherman and commentator and former MLB pitcher Joe Magrane. Please tune in!
Happy 53nd birthday to David Wells, who threw a perfect game for the New York Yankees in 1998. On Sunday, May 17, 1998, Wells threw a perfect game at Yankee Stadium for a 4-0 win over the Minnesota Twins. It was the first Yankees’ perfecto since Don Larsen’s gem in Game 5 of the 1956…