Here’s a little Florida baseball trivia (and Mets trivia) ahead of players flocking to their upcoming Grapefruit League assignments. Today is the 25th anniversary of the first Senior Professional Baseball Association championship, in which the St. Petersburg Pelicans topped the Palm Beach Tropics 12-4. Lamar Johnson, who last year served as the New York Mets’…
A happy 47th birthday to Scott Erickson, who threw the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome’s first no-hitter back in 1994. Erickson no-hit the Milwaukee Brewers on April 27 of that year for a 6-0 victory. The Metrodome, which had a reputation as a hitter’s park, saw just one other no-hitter during its history from 1982 to…
Seven years ago today, the New York Mets obtained the man who would eventually break the team’s 50-year streak of never having thrown a no-hitter.The Mets dealt outfielder Carlos Gomez and minor-league pitchers Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra to the Minnesota Twins to obtain the two-time Cy Young Award winner from Venezuela. The…
If current trends continue, the 2010s could be forever known as the decade of the no-hitter and the perfect game.At the 2010s midway point, baseball fans have already witnessed 24 no-hitters, five of which were perfect games. The 1960s hold the current no-no record with 34, and pitchers need to throw just two per season…
NoNoHitters.com sends birthday wishes out to Nolan Ryan, who turns 68 today. Ryan holds the major league record for no-hitters with seven. He tied Sandy Koufax’s mark of four no-hitters in 1975 and broke the record in 1981. Here are Ryan’s no-nos: 1 California Angels (AL) Tuesday, May 15, 1973 California Angels 3, Kansas…
Bill Monbouquette, a Boston Red Sox pitcher who threw a no-hitter on Aug. 1, 1962 against the Chicago White Sox, died Sunday at the age of 78. The Boston Globe in 2008 detailed Monbouquette’s battle with acute myelogenous leukemia. Monbouquette threw his no-no in front of 17,185 fans at Comiskey Park. His only blemish was…