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Jesse “Nip” Winters born on this date in 1899

No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers April 29, 2018 Leave a comment

Happy birthday to Jesse “Nip” Winters, who threw two Negro Leagues no-hitters. Winters, born on this day in 1899 in Washington D.C., tossed his no-nos while pitching for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants and Hilldale.

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Happy birthday Tom Browning, Bill Hawke

No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers April 28, 2018 Leave a comment

Happy birthday today to two no-no throwers: Tom Browning and Bill Hawke.

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Braves’ Spahn no-hits Giants, 57 years ago today

This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers April 28, 2018 Leave a comment

The Milwaukee Braves’ Warren Spahn threw his second of two no-hitters, 57 years ago today.

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Baltimore-born Phoebus tosses hometown no-hitter, 50 years ago today

This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers April 27, 2018 Leave a comment

Baltimore native Tom Phoebus tossed a no-hitter for his hometown Orioles, 50 years ago today. On Saturday, April 27, 1968 at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, Phoebus struck out nine and issued three walks while holding the Red Sox hitless, with the O’s topping Boston 6-0.

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No-no birthdays for 5: Caldwell, Barnes, Trucks, Maglie and Scott

No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers April 26, 2018 Leave a comment

Today is one of two days throughout the calendar year in which we’re most flush with no-no birthdays: Ray Caldwell, Jesse Barnes, Virgil Trucks, Sal Maglie and Mike Scott.

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Nippon Ham Fighters’ Shibata throws Japanese no-hitter, 28 years ago today

International, This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers April 25, 2018 Leave a comment

The Nippon Ham Fighters’ Yasumitsu Shibata no-hit the Kintetsu Buffaloes, 28 years ago today.

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Jeff AyersThe Associated Press

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Steve WynnMusician, The Baseball Project, The Dream Syndicate

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W.P. KinsellaAuthor of Shoeless Joe, adapted into "Field of Dreams"

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Jon SpringerAuthor of Mets by the Numbers

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Mike VeeckMinor-league baseball owner, promoter behind the Chicago White Sox’s Disco Demolition Night

“… an exuberant romp through the history of one of baseball’s most impressive achievements.”

Paul HagenMLB.com

“As an official scorer, I’m aware of the tension and drama when a pitcher takes a no-hitter into the later innings. In Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders, Dirk Lammers has captured this drama and added to it with insights and analysis for those who achieved this honor. Mixed in with fun facts about more than 100 years of no-hitters, Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders is entertaining and enlightening.”

Stew ThornleyMLB Official Scorer for Minnesota Twins games

“This volume is the complete – and I mean fully complete – story of the no-hit games in the long history of Major league Baseball, and it will serve as the place to look if one wonders why baseball makes such a big deal of no-hit games. With prodigious research, Lammers has produced not just the bare bones of each no-hit game but adds to each game story the little and telling details that are so alluring.”

Fay VincentFormer MLB commissioner, foreword writer

“In “Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders,” Lammers takes a topic that might seem narrowly focused and opens it up with all sorts of interesting angles.”

Ross AtkinsChristian Science Monitor

“I loved reading about all of the no-hitters. There are a lot of things that I had no idea about, like “Hooks” Wiltse also losing his perfect game in the ninth inning but saving his no-hitter. Even if you do not know anything about baseball, this is a great book about the great history of the game.”

Milt PappasMLB pitcher 1957-1973 ('72 no-no)