Just thought I'd throw this out as a rainy Saturday topic to discuss - poll included. For some random reason I was thinking about old Braves relievers earlier today, trying to remember how many silly names I could remember from my childhood, and reflexively my brain spat out the surnames Mercker, Wohlers and Pena, who I saw pitch the first combined no-hitter in NL history. Which didn't quite feel like a *real* no-hitter, but still...in the middle of my first proper pennant race as a fan - NL West, 1991 - it was unbelievable enough. And I also quite clearly remember reverse-jinxing the no-hitter - I was there with a few high school friends, and from the fifth or sixth inning on, I was saying stuff like, "I can't believe that I'm here watching a no-hitter happen right in front of me," rather than the usual don't-talk-about-it stuff.
(Hey, I just looked it up no YouTube, and that no-hitter took place on September 11, 1991 - exactly 10 years before you-know-what. Which is kinda spooky.)
So how close have you come to seeing one? I'm sure you'll remember this pretty clearly if you have seen one, or if you were at one that was broken up in the 8th or 9th inning...but probably much less clearly if you weren't really that close. (Or maybe you've seen a minor league or college no-hitter in person instead?)
(Hey, I just looked it up no YouTube, and that no-hitter took place on September 11, 1991 - exactly 10 years before you-know-what. Which is kinda spooky.)
So how close have you come to seeing one? I'm sure you'll remember this pretty clearly if you have seen one, or if you were at one that was broken up in the 8th or 9th inning...but probably much less clearly if you weren't really that close. (Or maybe you've seen a minor league or college no-hitter in person instead?)