Long before “Field of Dreams,” “Bull Durham” and “Major League” hit the silver screen, Leonard Nimoy played an uncredited part of a ballplayer in a film about a once feral cat owning a major league club. Nimoy, best known for portraying “Mr. Spock” on “Star Trek,” died today at the age of 83. In the…
There have been six Subway Series no-nos over New York’s baseball history, with the Brooklyn Dodgers no-hitting the New York Giants three times, the Giants topping Brooklyn twice and the New York Yankees’ Don Larsen throwing a perfect game against the Dodgers in the 1956 World Series. And then there’s the "Cookie Game" in Game…
February 20 is the birthday of four no-no pitchers – Justin Verlander, Clyde Wright, Jim Wilson and Dave Davenport – but there are two dates of the year that’s more prolific with five no-hitter pitchers born. What is the date and who are the pitchers? Comment, tweet or Facebook reply your answers.
A happy 58th birthday to Dave Stewart, who threw a no-hitter for the Oakland Athletics on June 29, 1990. Later that evening, Fernando Valenzuela threw a no-hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers, marking just the second time over baseball’s history that two no-nos have been thrown on the same day.
Here’s a good story on MLB.com from Anthony Castrovince on Tim Lincecum, the author of two no-hitters against the Padres over the past two seasons. Lincecum did a lot of offseason work with his father, who helped craft The Freak’s freaky delivery, and the pitcher seems ready to fight for a rotation spot on the…
Pitchers and catchers are reporting to Spring Training camp today for the Cincinnati Reds, the Cleveland Indians, the Philadelphia Phillies, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants. Other teams’ pitcher-and-catcher reporting dates are Thursday and Friday, and full workouts mostly begin next week after position players arrive in Florida and Arizona. Just 46 days…