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.
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Today marks the 71st anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the major league color barrier.
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Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte threw a no-hitter, 101 years ago today.
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Happy 48th birthday to Ricardo Rincón, who closed out a combined Pittsburgh Pirates 10-inning no-hitter in 1997.
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Happy birthday to Claude Hendrix, who threw a Federal League no-hitter in 1915.
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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.
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