The Most Recent No Hitter For Each Franchise (Updated for April 21, 2012)

Of COURSE it was Phillip Humber who throws the first no hitter of the year. With all the aces in the bigs, it was a guy with 11 career wins who gets to inch his name into history.

Mark Buehrle, you are no longer on the board unless you throw your THIRD no hitter (and this time with the Marlins.)

Let’s update the list.

THE MOST RECENT NO HITTERS
FOR EACH FRANCHISE

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

Phillip Humber – April 21, 2012

4-0 over Seattle. (Perfect Game.)

LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM
Ervin Santana – July 27, 2011.
3-1 over Cleveland.

DETROIT TIGERS
Justin Verlander – May 7, 2011.
9-0 over Toronto.

MINNESOTA TWINS
Francisco Liriano – May 3, 2011
1-0 over Chicago White Sox

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Roy Halladay – October 6, 2010
4-0 over Cincinnati. (Playoff Game)

TAMPA PAY RAYS
Matt Garza – July 26th, 2010
5-0 over Detroit.

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
Edwin Jackson – June 25, 2010
1-0 over Tampa Bay

OAKLAND A’S
Dallas Braden – May 9, 2010
4-0 over Tampa Bay. (Perfect Game.)

COLORADO ROCKIES
Ubaldo Jimenez – April 17, 2010
4-0 over Atlanta.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Jonathan Sanchez – July 10, 2009.
8-0 over San Diego.

CHICAGO CUBS
Carlos Zambrano – September 14, 2008.
5-0 over Houston.

BOSTON RED SOX
Jon Lester – May 19, 2008.
7-0 over Kansas City.

FLORIDA MARLINS
Anibal Sanchez – September 6, 2006.
2-0 over Arizona.

HOUSTON ASTROS
Roy Oswalt, Peter Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner –
June 11, 2003.
8-0 over New York Yankees.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Bud Smith – September 3, 2001
4-0 over San Diego.

NEW YORK YANKEES
David Cone – July 18, 1999.
6-0 over Montreal. (Perfect Game.)

PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon – July 12, 1997.
3-0 over Houston. (10 innings.)

LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Hideo Nomo – September 17, 1996.
9-0 over Colorado.

TEXAS RANGERS
Kenny Rogers – July 28, 1994.
4-0 over California. (Perfect Game.)

ATLANTA BRAVES
Kent Mercker – April 8, 1994.
6-0 over Los Angeles.

SEATTLE MARINERS
Chris Bosio – April 22, 1993.
2-0 over Boston.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Bret 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 ORIOLES
Bob Milacki, Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson and Gregg Olson – July 13, 1991.
2-0 over Oakland.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Dave Steib – September 2, 1990.
3-0 over Cleveland.

CINCINNATI REDS
Tom Browning – September 16, 1988.
1-0 over Los Angeles. (Perfect Game.)

MILWAUKEE BREWERS
Juan Nieves – April 15, 1987.
7-0 over Baltimore.

CLEVELAND INDIANS
Len Barker – May 15, 1981.
3-0 over Toronto. (Perfect Game.)

Bonus
WASHINGTON SENATORS
Bobby Burke – August 8, 1931
5-0 over Boston.

STILL no no hitters for the Mets, Padres and Nationals.

Congrats Phillip Humber!

I saw a Little League game played better than Mets Giants today

I’m not kidding.
My seven year old kids play in a “Coach Pitch” league. Today, the kids made a few nice plays, a catch or two and my son Matty made a nice pick and ran it to second for the force.

A few times as a coach I had to yell to the kids “Go to the base!” or “Throw to first.” But they are all new to baseball. They’ve only been around for 7 years!

Some times the throws to first weren’t caught, but we applauded them for throwing it the right direction.

Meanwhile the Mets allowed the Giants to tie the game in the 9th with a potential game ending pop fly that dropped for a 2 run 2 out double.

Then the Giants had a chance to send the game to the 10th but Aubrey Huff was playing second base for reasons unknown.

Evidently he didn’t have a coach yelling “RUN AND COVER SECOND!” because he didn’t do that and the Giants couldn’t pull an inning ending double play.

No excuses for Huff. He’s not 7 years old. He’s been a major leaguer since 2000. You’d think he would know where to go on a ground ball!

And how did it end?

With a bad throw from home to first of course.

But in THIS league you don’t applaud someone for throwing to the wrong base.

Giants… Mets… my kids are NOT impressed.

How could MLB.com drop the ball this badly?

I wasn’t able to watch the 100th Anniversary celebration live.

So I went to MLB.com to check out the recording of it.

And they did indeed have a 23 minute long clip.

I was super excited to watch it.
Beautiful day at Fenway.
Blue spring New England sky.
James Horner’s score from Field of Dreams playing.

I was expecting goosebumps.

 Out steps Jim Rice.

I was anticipating the roar of the crowd. I heard his ovation was tremendous. So was that for Bill Buckner, Dwight Evans, Pedro Martinez and of course Terry Francona.

 But there was nothing in the clip.
There was no sound of the crowd.
And no sound of the players names being introduced.

Just the images of the players walking out to the clumsily edited clips of Field of Dreams and The Natural.

And worse yet, sometimes it was hard to recognize the players. There is a reason why people wear a nametag with their senior picture on it as a class reunion. It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other.

When a parade of 40-80 year old men come out, it isn’t always easy to figure out who they are. They’ve gained weight or lost their hair or grew out a beard or in someway their appearance has altered.

And the fun of an event like this is to see the players that maybe you forgot about. I listened to WEEI the other day and heard Joe Castiglione talk about how he loved catching up with Red Sox players like Dana Kiecker and Tom Bolton.

Now there are two players that I can’t say I’ve thought about any time recently, but it was cool to hear their names.

They were members of the 1990 AL East Champion Red Sox. Hearing their name brings back memories of chasing Toronto and Tom Brunansky’s catch.

Was Brunansky there? I have no idea. There were some players about his age wandering around, but unless they got a back shot where you could get a glimpse of their name, half the players were anyone’s guess.

How hard would it have been to put a caption on the players?
There were players from the 1950s and 1960s whose names I know but faces were never familiar to me.

I turned off the video.
How awful is that? I stopped watching the celebration because I felt so frustrated!

And would it kill anyone to post a list of all the players who were there?
Oh some articles very cleverly say “Red Sox players from Aase to Zupcic were at Fenway.”
Great!
Can I see the list please?
I can find the complete cast and crew list of Jaws 4: The Revenge in a manner of seconds and yet I can’t find a complete list of the players in attendance despite actively seeking it out.

I can’t be the only Red Sox fan who would want to see a list like this.

The ball was dropped today.
Let’s have a better showing for the 200th anniversary.