'Circus Solly,' Part 7
Seventh and last in a series of posts .......... On Feb. 13, 1909, Cubs player-manager Frank Chance completed the long drive to Chicago from his winter home in California. "The peerless leader...
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When a Cubs pitcher nearly killed a batter
Many baseball fans are familiar with the tragic story of Ray Chapman. The shortstop was in his ninth big league season, all with Cleveland, when was hit by a pitch thrown by Carl Mays of the...
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Miles Mikolas and Tyler Anderson Both Had Close Encounters with No-Hitters
On consecutive nights, the Cardinals' righty and the Dodgers' lefty held opponents hitless into the ninth inning.
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No-hitters that went fewer than 9 innings
No-hitters that went fewer than 9 innings Share 5:46 AM UTC Share share-square-407001 Per the Elias Sports Bureau, a no-hitter needs to be at least nine innings in order to be official. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t seen performances of fewer than nine innings where a pitcher completed a game -- due to weather, or games that were scheduled to be shorter -- that were hitless. There have been 26 such performances on record (since 1901), including Madison Bumgarner’s seven-inning outing against the Braves in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday. Here’s a look at all 26 of those...
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