Siebert gets his annual chance for 42-club company
Baseball’s annual Jackie Robinson Day tradition of dressing everyone in Robinson’s iconic No. 42 carries a side plot in the no-hitter world.
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) and NoNoHitters.com, where he maintains the Internet's largest archive of no-hitter information.
Ames tosses 9⅓ innings of no-hit Opening Day ball, 110 years ago today
The New York Giants’ Red Ames tossed 9⅓ innings of no-hit ball in an effort that should have been MLB’s first Opening Day no-hitter, 110 years ago today.
Happy Jackie Robinson Day
Today marks the 72th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the major-league color barrier.
Rockies’ Marquez takes no-no into 8th
The Colorado Rockies German Marquez took a no-hitter into the eighth inning on Sunday but lost it on an Evan Longoria single threaded between third and short.
Athletics’ Pennock nearly tosses Opening Day no-no, 104 years ago today
The Philadelphia Athletics’ Herb Pennock came within one out of throwing the majors’ first Opening Day no-hitter, 104 years ago today.
White Sox’s Cicotte no-hits Browns, 102 years ago today
Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns, 102 years ago today.