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Isiah Kiner-Falefa saved his pitcher’s bid for baseball immortality, only to lose it on a tricky play one inning later.

Let’s remember some non-pitchers pitching!

It’s time to proclaim 2021 the Year of the No-Hitter. At the beginning of April, Joe Musgrove graced us with an electric performance versus the Rangers. Just five days later, Carlos Rodón announced his resurgence by shutting down Cleveland. John Means then tossed a near-perfect game against the Mariners, and Wade Miley followed in Rodón’s footsteps, handing Cleveland another no-hit night. That brings us to yesterday, when Spencer Turnbull became the latest pitcher to go the distance, str...

Hamilton has never been known for his offensive ability, and indeed, when the White Sox signed him in the spring, he was viewed as a situational threat. But talking with White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson, Hamilton has reframed the way he thinks about himself, trying to focus more on being a hitter first and a runner second. Certainly hes receiving the opportunity to put that thinking into action. The White Sox are down a pair of their starting outfielders, with Eloy Jiménez and Luis Robert in r...

Goodwin & Company - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Benjamin K. Edwards Baseball Card Collection. Larry Corcoran is a name a lot of fans may be unfamiliar with, but for a brief time in the 1880s as a member of the Chicago White Stockings, he was quite a force on the mound. The right-hander tossed three no-hitters in the early 1880s, but he then had a hard and fast fall from grace. By 85 Corcoran had a dead arm and two years later he was completely out of baseball. Un...

‘Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the league Not a front office was stirring, no bit of intrigue The fanbases were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of free agents danced in their heads But it was not always such a completely dead period. As I outlined earlier today, for a long time the last day to tender contracts to players for the next season (and thereby keep them under reserve) was December 20th. Initially this involved literally mailing out the contracts, and...