Rarest sight in baseball?

I was looking through the AP wire and noticed that today is the anniversary of Johnny Vander Meer's second straight no-hitter, and I got to thinking: What is the one thing you don't think will ever happen again in the majors?

I'd have to say consecutive no-hitters by the same pitcher is up there. Stealing 130 (or the record, 138) bases might be a stretch anymore, although there is quite a bunch of speed out there now.

 

Consecutive hit streak, possibly.

Or two months going by with no live Yankees or Red Sox games broadcast on ESPN.

 

An infielder who doesn't touch himself after every pitch.

 

Any of the long-standing pitching records: career wins and strikeouts, especially. No one will ever throw enough innings to touch Young and Ryan.

 

Norm MacLean passing up a buffet line.

 

I never thought I'd see someone hit 2 grand slams in one inning till I saw Tatis do it against, sigh, the Dodgers.

I'd love to see a perfect game with 27 strikeouts.

I'd love to see someone steal 2nd, 3rd and home in the same inning.

I'd love to see someone hit the cycle of homers in one game: 1-run, 2-run, 3-run, granny.

I'd love to see the Dodgers and BoSox in the World Series.

 

I heard a talking head on ESPN News ask Verlander: "Why do you think it's so difficult to throw back-to-back no-hitters?" Luckily, he bailed himself out to save the poor kid from having to answer that question.

 

Saw it once, probably won't again, but it was cool: Two no-hitters on the same day.

 

Someone has done the first thing that mentioned with the steals, and a local product at Wilmington College in Delaware did the second in a playoff game, in a row.

 

Willie Mays Hayes did it in "Major League 2," and I believe we've all seen it dozens of times.

 

Doubtful it's really a "dozen" times if it's Major League 2 we're talking about.