The Babe kicks off baseball’s first combined no-no, 104 years ago today
Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore combined for major-league baseball’s first combined no-hitter, 104 years ago today.
The Babe kicks off baseball’s first combined no-no, 103 years ago today
Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore combined for major-league baseball’s first combined no-hitter, 103 years ago today.
Happy birthday to no-no thrower Frank Wickware
Today would be the 131st birthday of Frank Wickware, who threw a Negro Leagues no-hitter for the Chicago American Giants in 1914.
Four balls and a bop on the beezer
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of baseball’s first combined no-hitter (Babe Ruth/Ernie Shore), here is the first chapter of my book Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders. Four balls and a bop on the beezer When baseball fans reminisce about the legend of Babe Ruth, what comes to mind first are his 60 home runs in 1927 or…
Four balls and a bop on the beezer
Ninety-nine years ago today, Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore combined for baseball’s first combined no-hitter. The story is featured in the first chapter of Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders, and I offer the Chapter below: Four balls and a bop on the beezer When baseball fans reminisce about the legend of Babe Ruth, what comes to mind…
#2, the Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox, No. 2 on our NoNoHitters 30 countdown, have thrown 18 no-hitters during the franchise’s history, with the first three coming under the somewhat generic moniker of the Boston Americans. The nickname differentiated the team from its National League counterpart, the Boston Beaneaters. Some sportswriters in the day also referred to the…