Today was all set to be an awful baseball day. The talk was going to be of Melky Cabrera and PEDs and questioning who is juicing and who isn't.
Then the King spoke.
King Felix Hernandez would have none of the PED talks. Less than 3 and a half hours after Melky Cabrera's suspension was announced, the King was perfect. He threw the 23rd perfect game in history and third this season.
Now the talk of baseball tonight was perfection, the power of the ace pitcher and discussing if Hernandez had thrown himself into the Cy Young discussion.
Who do I feel badly for?
Mariner pitchers Charlie Furbush, Stephen Pryor, Lucas Luetge, Brandon League and Tom Wilhelmse. They all combined with Kevin Millwood for the last Mariners no hitter earlier this season.
They are off the list now.
It was good when it lasted.
Here is the updated list.
THE MOST RECENT NO HITTERS
FOR EACH FRANCHISE
FOR EACH FRANCHISE
SEATTLE MARINERS
Felix Hernandez - August 15, 2012.
1-0 over Rays. (Perfect Game)
Matt Cain - June 13, 2012.
10-0 over Houston. (Perfect Game)
NEW YORK METS
Johan Santana - June 1, 2012
8-0 over St. Louis.
Phillip Humber - April 21, 2012
4-0 over Seattle. (Perfect Game.)
TAMPA PAY RAYSMatt Garza - July 26th, 2010
5-0 over Detroit.
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKSEdwin Jackson - June 25, 2010
1-0 over Tampa Bay
OAKLAND A'SDallas Braden - May 9, 2010
4-0 over Tampa Bay. (Perfect Game.)
COLORADO ROCKIESUbaldo Jimenez - April 17, 2010
4-0 over Atlanta.
CHICAGO CUBSCarlos Zambrano - September 14, 2008.
5-0 over Houston.
BOSTON RED SOXJon Lester - May 19, 2008.
7-0 over Kansas City.
FLORIDA MARLINSAnibal Sanchez - September 6, 2006.
2-0 over Arizona.
HOUSTON ASTROSRoy Oswalt, Peter Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner -
June 11, 2003.
8-0 over New York Yankees.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALSBud Smith - September 3, 2001
4-0 over San Diego.
NEW YORK YANKEESDavid Cone - July 18, 1999.
6-0 over Montreal. (Perfect Game.)
PITTSBURGH PIRATESFrancisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon - July 12, 1997.
3-0 over Houston. (10 innings.)
LOS ANGELES DODGERSHideo Nomo - September 17, 1996.
9-0 over Colorado.
TEXAS RANGERSKenny Rogers - July 28, 1994.
4-0 over California. (Perfect Game.)
ATLANTA BRAVESKent Mercker - April 8, 1994.
6-0 over Los Angeles.
KANSAS CITY ROYALSBret Saberhagen - August 26, 1991
7-0 over Chicago White Sox.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS (AS MONTREAL EXPOS)Dennis Martinez - July 28, 1991.
2-0 over Los Angeles. (Perfect Game.)
BALTIMORE ORIOLESBob Milacki, Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson and Gregg Olson - July 13, 1991.
2-0 over Oakland.
TORONTO BLUE JAYSDave Steib - September 2, 1990.
3-0 over Cleveland.
CINCINNATI REDSTom Browning - September 16, 1988.
1-0 over Los Angeles. (Perfect Game.)
MILWAUKEE BREWERSJuan Nieves - April 15, 1987.
7-0 over Baltimore.
CLEVELAND INDIANSLen Barker - May 15, 1981.
3-0 over Toronto. (Perfect Game.)
Bonus
WASHINGTON SENATORSBobby Burke - August 8, 1931
5-0 over Boston.
It would be nice if the Padres would get their first and the Nationals get their first since moving from Quebec.
Either way, it is good to be talking about BASEBALL instead of drugs.












Going into today's game the Yankees had gone 2130 games without throwing a No Hitter,
ReplyDeleteOn a side note the Red Sox Players have gone 2130 seconds with complaining about Bobby Valentine.
Melky Cabrera's suspension was not a good idea at all as he played very well on other matches. Hope to see him again.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
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