Some interesting baseball facts

[DavidMn]

One of the reasons baseball is far and away my favorite sport are the interesting stories that've occured over the years. One of my personal favorites involves a pitcher the Toronto Blue Jays had back in the 80's and 90's named Dave Stieb. Now, some of you probably know that Johnny Vander Meer is the only pitcher in baseball history to have pitched no-hitters in back to back starts, in 1938. However, Mr Stieb came agonizing close to the same feat late in the 1988 season. Believe it or not, in back to back starts, he lost no-hitters with 2 outs in the ninth inning! Both of the hits he gave up were real cheapies too! Amazing! Then the next year he lost a Perfect Game with 2 outs in the ninth inning to the Yankees. Talk about a hard luck guy! Finally in 1990, he finally achieved no-hit fame when he blanked the Indians on September 2. Also, 1990 and 1991 were very unusual years in that there were 7 no-hitters in each season. Now these days, I'm beginning to wonder if there will ever be another one, with it being over 2 years since the last no-hitter, Randy Johnson's Perfect Game Against the Braves in 2004. I've been lucky enough to have witnessed 2 no-hitters in person, Scott Erickson's for the Twins on 4-27-94, and Eric Milton's for the Twins on 9-11-99. For those of you that love baseball, there is nothing like witnessing something llike that. The tension in the late innings is unreal! I have both ticket stubs and scorecards I kept from those games framed and hanging on my wall at home. If any of y ou haev an interesting baseball story to share, or something that you saw at a game, please feel free to share! Baseball, what a game!