Mark Prior no-hitter alert

The Big Ragu · Jul 26, 2006

I love the poor guy who had to share his no hitter with Babe Ruth, who pitched zero innings. I am going to look, so I'll probably find the answer, but there has to be a story behind that one.

EDIT: Yup. Good one.

Babe Ruth starts for the Red Sox and walks the leadoff man, griping to plate umpire Brick Owens after each pitch. On ball 4, Ruth plants a right to the umpire's jaw and is ejected. Ernie Shore hastily relieves. The runner Ray Morgan is then caught stealing, and Shore retires all 26 men he faces in a 4–0 win, getting credit in the books for a perfect game. Ruth is not fined, but draws a 10-day suspension.

hockeybeat · Jul 26, 2006

I was at the Big House In Flushing for today's game.

Here's one reason that the Cubs are 4,000 games behind the rest of the National League.

Runners on first (Carlos Beltran) and third (Jose Reyes), two outs and Carlos Delgado at bat. Scott Eyre threw over to first at least three times. Why in the name of Ryne Sandberg would the Cubs be concerned about Carlos Beltran at first base? The winning run was standing at third.

Much like the New York Islanders, the Cubs are hopeless. Hopeless.

Oz · Jul 26, 2006

hockeybeat said:
Much like the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Pirates are hopeless. Hopeless.

buckweaver · Jul 26, 2006

The Big Ragu said:
I love the poor guy who had to share his no hitter with Babe Ruth, who pitched zero innings. I am going to look, so I'll probably find the answer, but there has to be a story behind that one.

EDIT: Yup. Good one.

Babe Ruth starts for the Red Sox and walks the leadoff man, griping to plate umpire Brick Owens after each pitch. On ball 4, Ruth plants a right to the umpire's jaw and is ejected. Ernie Shore hastily relieves. The runner Ray Morgan is then caught stealing, and Shore retires all 26 men he faces in a 4–0 win, getting credit in the books for a perfect game. Ruth is not fined, but draws a 10-day suspension.

But for the record ...

Shore was later -- and properly -- credited with a combined no-hitter along with Ruth (not a perfect game) despite the fact that he faced 26 batters without any of them reaching base. You can't have a perfect game if someone reaches base, even if it's not off you. Sorry, Ernie. Helluvan effort, though.

Harvey Haddix doesn't get credit for a perfect game, either. Doesn't mean his wasn't the greatest pitching performance ever, because it was. But it still wasn't a perfect game.