Fellerwatch Part 2: No ’18 duplication of Rapid Robert’s ’40 feat
It’s official: Bob Feller’s streak of being the only MLB pitcher to toss an Opening Day no-hitter remains intact another year.
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).
Cards’ Dickson no-hits Yankees in spring game, 70 years ago today
The St. Louis Cardinals’ Murry Dickson no-hit the New York Yankees in a Grapefruit League game, 70 years ago today.
Happy birthday Dick Fowler
Happy birthday to Dick Fowler, the only Canadian-born no-hitter thrower.
Feller’s record may be safe another year
It’s looking like Bob Feller’s record for being the only MLB pitcher to thrown an Opening Day no-hitter might be safe another year.
Season opens on Cy Young’s birthday
Perhaps 2018 will be another year of the pitcher, as Major League Baseball is opening its season on Cy Young’s birthday.
Happy birthday to Cardinals no-no thrower Lon Warneke
Happy birthday to Lon Warneke, who threw a no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1941.