Happy birthday Philip Humber, threw ’12 perfecto
Happy 37th birthday to Philip Humber, an ex-Met who threw a perfect game for the Chicago White Sox in 2012.
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).
Happy 93rd birthday to Carl Eskine
Happy 93rd birthday to Carl Erskine, who threw two no-hitters for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Feller enlists 2 days after Pearl Harbor, 78 years ago today
Opening Day no-no thrower Bob Feller became the first player to enlist in the military after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, 78 years ago today.
Tigers reward Trucks’ 2 no-nos with trade
What do you get for throwing two no-hitters in a season? How about a trade?
Pitchers mound lowered by 5 inches, 51 years ago today
Major League Baseball lowered the pitchers mound height from 15 inches to 10 inches, 51 years ago today.
Siwoff supported 9-inning threshold for no-nos
Renowned sports statistician Seymour Siwoff, who died Friday at the age of 99, played a part in the 1991 decision that required official no-hitters to last nine innings.