Happy 86th birthday, Bob Uecker
Happy 86th birthday to “Mr. Baseball” Bob Uecker, who once played in a no-hitter.
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).
No-hit birthdays for Nottebart, Donahue and Burke
Happy birthday to three no-hitter throwers — Don Nottebart, Frank “Red” Donahue and Bobby Burke.
Happy birthday to Rockies no-no thrower Ubaldo Jimenéz
Happy 36th birthday to Ubaldo Jimenéz, who tossed the only Colorado Rockies no-hitter in 2010.
Happy 76th birthday to Padres no-no killer Denny Doyle
Happy 76th birthday to #Padres no-no killer Denny Doyle, who tagged Steve Arlin for a 9th-inning bunt single in 1972.
Cuba’s Abreu throws 1st of back-to-back no-nos, 54 years ago today
Cuban National Series pitcher Aquino Abreu threw the first of his back-to-back no-hitters, 54 years ago today.
Happy 83rd birthday to Sonny Siebert, threw no-hitter for Indians in ’66
Happy 83rd birthday to Sonny Siebert, who threw a no-hitter for the Cleveland Indians in 1966 after promising the feat to his wife.