Edwin Jackson tosses a no-hitter against his former team, the Tampa Bay Rays.
We as baseball fans have been spoiled… with good pitching that is. This season has already given us 2 perfect games (should really be 3), and 2 no-hitters. Tonight’s no-hitter tossed by Arizona Diamondback’s pitcher Edwin Jackson was sloppy to say the least. He walked 8 batters and threw 149 pitches, not to take away from the impressiveness of it. It was also against his former team, the Tampa Bay Rays, who get no-hit like its a bodily function (2 perfect games and 1 no-hitter thrown against them in the past season and a half). Maybe it’s just me, but Jackson’s no-hitter really didn’t get me excited. I was far more excited about Armando Galarraga’s should-have-been perfect game.
There have been 20 perfect games and 224 modern era no-hitters. But perhaps the most under looked pitching feat is the 20 strikeout game. It’s only been done 3 times in the history of the game. Twice by Roger Clemens and once by Kerry Wood. Stephen Strasburg… dazzle me.
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