Happy birthday to Len “King” Cole, a Chicago Cubs pitcher who threw a train-shortened no-hitter in 1910. Cole, born on this date in 1866, held the Cardinals hitless for seven innings on Sunday, July 31, 1910, during the second game of doubleheader at St. Louis’ Robison Field. Five Cardinals reached base, on four walks by…
Strikeouts and shutouts are so in today: https://t.co/6ULsJY6erv pic.twitter.com/Y08oF613DO — MLB (@MLB) April 14, 2016 When the St. Louis Cardinals’ Jaime Garcia entered the sixth inning Thursday with a no-hitter but not a perfect game intact, the game carried a rather odd tidbit: The only Milwaukee Brewer to reach base at the time did so…
When Philadelphia Phillies reliever Daniel Stumpf began his 2016 season by issuing a walk, a grand slam and then another walk before getting pulled in the fourth inning of Thursday’s loss to the Reds, singer/songwriter/Phillies fan Chuck Brodsky wondered if we should add a new statistical category called “No-outers” that yield an ERA of infinity…
The San Diego Padres, the only club still without a no-hitter, set a major-league record Wednesday night by becoming the first club to begin a season by getting shut out three straight times. In going down 1-2-3 in the ninth against the Los Angles Dodgers in the 7-0 loss, the Padres surpassed the 1943 St.…
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Murry Dickson no-hit the World Champion New York Yankees in a spring training contest, 68 years ago today. On Tuesday, March 30, 1948, at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida, Dickson no-hit the Yanks for a 7-0 win. The losing pitcher was Bill Bevens, who just missed tossing the World…
Happy 37th birthday to Johan Santana, the man who ended the New York Mets’ no no-hitters streak and passed the torch to the San Diego Padres. As is our standing tradition, we celebrate the day by repeating our original post from June 1, 2012: The streak ends at 8,019: Santana no-hits Cards For the first…