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51st anniversary of Horlen’s White Sox no-no

This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers September 10, 2018 Leave a comment

Today is the 51st anniversary of Joel “Joe” Horlen’s Chicago White Sox no-hitter.

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Koufax tosses perfecto to set new career no-no mark, 53 years ago today

This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers September 9, 2018 Leave a comment

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax threw his fourth no-hitter in the form of a perfect game, 53 years ago today.

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Today is the 25th anniversary of Darryl Kile’s no-no vs. the Mets

This day in Mets no-no history, This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers September 8, 2018 Leave a comment

Darryl Kile threw a Houston Astros no-hitter against the New York Mets, 25 years ago today.

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Smith, Tesreau, Sanchez threw no-hitters on this date.

This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers September 6, 2018 Leave a comment

Frank Smith, Jeff Tesreau and Anibal Sanchez threw no-hitters on this date.

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Nap Rucker threw a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Superbas.

Brooklyn’s Rucker, Hilldale’s Cockrell tossed no-nos on this date

This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers September 5, 2018 Leave a comment

Hilldale’s Phil Cockrell threw a Negro Leagues no-hitter and the Brooklyn Suberbas’ “Nap” Rucker threw a National League no-no on this date.

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Cubs’ Pappas no-hits Padres, 46 years ago today

This day in no-no history, This day in Padres no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers September 2, 2018 Leave a comment

Forty-six years ago today, on Sept. 2, 1972, the Chicago Cubs’ Milt Pappas no-hit the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field, becoming the only pitcher in MLB history to lose a perfect game by walking the 27th batter but still get a no-hitter (two others did it on hit batsmen).

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Steve WynnMusician, The Baseball Project, The Dream Syndicate

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

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

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Jon SpringerAuthor of Mets by the Numbers

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Paul HagenMLB.com