Celebrating ‘Cannonball’ Dick Redding on what would be his 128th birthday
Today would be the 128th birthday of “Cannonball” Dick Redding, a Negro Leagues pitcher who threw a no-hitter for the Lincoln Giants in 1912 and likely threw dozens more.
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.
Honoring Jackie Robinson
Today marks the 71st anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the major league color barrier.
White Sox’s Cicotte tosses no-no, 101 years ago today
Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte threw a no-hitter, 101 years ago today.
Happy birthday Ricardo Rincón, closed Pirates’ 10-inning no-no in ’97
Happy 48th birthday to Ricardo Rincón, who closed out a combined Pittsburgh Pirates 10-inning no-hitter in 1997.
Happy birthday to Chi-Feds/Whales no-no thrower Claude Hendrix
Happy birthday to Claude Hendrix, who threw a Federal League no-hitter in 1915.
Happy 37th birthday to Hisashi Iwakuma, threw Mariners no-no in ’15
Happy 37th birthday to the Seattle Mariners’ Hisashi Iwakuma, who broke a streak of 12 straight National League no-hitters by throwing one against the Baltimore Orioles in 2015.