Dirk Lammers is a veteran journalist who began rooting for the New York Mets in the early-1970s when the team’s no no-hitter count was barely 2,000 games old. Lammers has since turned his research into Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders: More Than a Century of Pitching’s Greatest Feats (Unbridled Books).
.@bfinny29 has no-hit the Cubs at Wrigley through 6 frames: https://t.co/eeHTcl393c pic.twitter.com/MyvrdO2D7Z — MLB (@MLB) April 12, 2016 The Cincinnati Reds’ Brandon Finnegan took a no-hitter into the seventh inning Monday before giving up a two-out single to David Ross. The Cubs scored two runs in the inning to pull within a run. Both runs…
Happy 52nd birthday to Bret Saberhagen, who threw a no-hitter for the Kansas City Royals in 1991. Saberhagen threw his no-hitter on Aug. 26, 1991, during a 7-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium, but it was not without controversy. In the fifth inning of the game, Royals outfielder Kirk Gibson got…
Mark Langston and Mike Witt combined to no-hit the Seattle Mariners, 26 years ago today. On Wednesday, April 11, 1990 at Anaheim Stadium, Langston threw seven innings of no-hit ball but took himself out of the game as his arm speed just wasn’t there. Manager Doug Rader brought in Witt, who was no stranger to…
Happy Birthday @Hesto23! #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/ht9SArSFvz — San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) April 10, 2016 Happy 28th birthday to Chris Heston, who threw a San Francisco Giants no-hitter against the New York Mets last season in just his 13th major league start. Heston, a 27-year-old rookie right-hander, struck out 11 batters and did not allow a walk…
When Philadelphia Phillies reliever Daniel Stumpf began his 2016 season by issuing a walk, a grand slam and then another walk before getting pulled in the fourth inning of Thursday’s loss to the Reds, singer/songwriter/Phillies fan Chuck Brodsky wondered if we should add a new statistical category called “No-outers” that yield an ERA of infinity…
Zsolt Zalabai threw the first no-hitter in Hungarian baseball history, six years ago today. On April 10, 2010, Zalabai, pitching for Óbuda Brick Factory, threw the complete-game shutout for a 3-0 victory against the Trnava Angles of Slovakia during an interleague game.