OT: Justin Verlander 3rd No-Hitter

[tedzan]

Speaking about pitchers with 2 no-hitters, here's one of my favorite T206 guys......

October 4, 1891, the last day of the season, Ted Breitenstein made his 1st Major League start with the St Louis Browns, and threw a No-Hitter
against the Colonels. He Walked just one batter, who was erased by a double play. Therefore, Ted pitched only to 27 batters ("Perfect game" ?).

April 22, 1898 with the Cincinnati Reds, Ted pitched his 2nd No-Hitter, this time against the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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[jimtigers65]

[QUOTE=Gnep31;1913680]Longevity coupled with dominance puts him in as a first ballot HOF. But I thought that even before the 3rd no no.

Does he go into the HOF wearing a Tiger or Astro’s cap on his plaque?

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I ran across a post on the web from 2016 that MLB was going to award Galarraga the perfect game, yet it still does appear in the listings that I see for perfect games...what gives?


http://www.baseballessential.com/new...ndo-galarraga/

Brian

Check the date on that post for your answer.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Tabe

Check the date on that post for your answer.

Here's the last paragraph from that article. Probably added so people won't take the rest of it too seriously.

"Despite adding Gallaraga’s perfect game to the record books, the number of perfect games in history remains at 23. That’s because, in a strange and somewhat cruel twist, Commissioner Manfred got into a bit of a reviewing-perfect-games rabbit hole and ended up revoking Humber’s, saying, “Brendan Ryan didn’t swing at that last pitch, and it was three feet outside. Ball four, perfect game out the window. Oh, and Chone Figgins probably would have followed the walk with an RBI double, so Humber doesn’t get a no-hitter or shutout either. And let’s be real — once he lost the no-hitter and shutout, they’re not going to leave him out there to finish blowing the game, so his only career complete game is gone too.”


When reached for comment, Humber said, “Wait, what?!?”

[brianp-beme]

April's Fool in September is me!

Brian

[Gnep31]

[QUOTE=jimtigers65;1913872]

Originally Posted by Gnep31

Longevity coupled with dominance puts him in as a first ballot HOF. But I thought that even before the 3rd no no.

Does he go into the HOF wearing a Tiger or Astro’s cap on his plaque?

I actually thought about that recently as well. I would think as a Tiger, but the ring with the Astros and possibly more in the future could possibly make for a difficult decision.

[skil55voy]

The really crazy thing before the no-hitter, ( and before his 5 1/3 inning ejection) he pitched a complete game against the Tigers, throwing 99 pitches losing 2 to 1. He gave up 2 Home runs and no walks. No errors. He was basically 2 bad pitches away from having 4 no nos and a maybe a perfect game.