Athletics’ Vida Blue tosses no-hitter, 50 years ago today
The Oakland Athletics’ Vida Blue tossed a no-hitter 50 years ago today, just 10 days after taking a no-hit bid into the 8th inning.
Cardinals’ Paul Dean, Athletics’ Vida Blue throw no-hitters on this date
The St. Louis Cardinals’ Paul Dean and the Oakland Athletics’ Vida Blue threw no-hitters on this date. On Friday, September 21, 1934, during the second game of an Ebbets Field doubleheader against Brooklyn, Dean no-hit the Dodgers for a 3-0 win. The no-no broke the longest no-hitter drought in Major League Baseball history in terms…
Cardinals’ Paul Dean, Athletics’ Vida Blue throw no-hitters on this date
The St. Louis Cardinals’ Paul Dean and the Oakland Athletics’ Vida Blue threw no-hitters on this date. On Friday, September 21, 1934, during the second game of an Ebbets Field doubleheader against Brooklyn, Dean no-hit the Dodgers for a 3-0 win. The no-no broke the longest no-hitter drought in Major League Baseball history in terms…
Crews begin demolishing Ebbets Field, home to 7 no-hitters, 56 years ago today
Crews began demolishing Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, home to seven no-hitters, 56 years ago today. Five of those no-hitters were thrown by Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers, and the other two were thrown by opponents. The one thrown by Cincinnati’s Johnny Vander Meer completed his second consecutive no-no, a seemingly unbreakable major league record. Carl Erskine is the only…
Happy Birthday to Dizzy Dean, brother of no-no thrower Paul Dean
Dizzy Dean, the Dean brother who did not pitch a major league no-hitter, was born 106 years ago today. Dizzy, the elder Dean, enjoyed a 12-year career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns. On Friday, September 21, 1934, he pitched the opener of doubleheader against Brooklyn at Ebbets Field and…
Birthday wishes to Buchholz, Horlen and Dean
Happy 31st birthday to Clay Buchholz, who threw a no-hitter as a Boston Red Sox rookie on September 7, 2007. Other no-no throwers born on this day are Joel “Joe” Horlen (1937) and Paul Dean (1912). Buchholz, sidelined since July 10 this season with an elbow injury, threw a no-no in just his second career…