Dropped 3rd strike makes Korean no-no imperfect, 22 years ago today
Twenty-two years ago today, a Korea Baseball Organization pitcher tossed a no-hitter that would have been a perfect game had his catcher not dropped a third strike.
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-no pitchers to appear in ‘For Love of the Game’
Jim Colborn and Juan Nieves threw MLB no-hitters AND appeared alongside Kevin Costner’s Billy Chapel during his perfecto in “For Love of the Game”?
Monarchs’ Eugene Marvin Collins no-hits Eagles, 70 years ago today
The Kansas City Monarchs’ Eugene Marvin Collins threw what is considered to be the final no-hitter in major Negro Leagues history, 70 years ago today.
Happy birthday, David Wells
Happy 56th birthday to David Wells, who threw a perfect game for the New York Yankees in 1998.
Padres take sole ownership of no-hit futility record
The San Diego Padres are now the major-league record holder for regular-season no-hit futility, taking that title from the New York Mets.
Padres tie Mets’ mark for no-hit futility
The San Diego Padres have tied the New York Mets’ record for no-hit futility.