- Probably the answer to the latest extension: The Washington Post reports ANOTHER Trevor Bauer victim -- last year in Ohio. Restraining order filed.
- Unbelievable. Tyler Gilbert, for the last place Arizona Diamondbacks, has just no-hit the San Diego Padres for the eighth recognized and tenth actual no-hitter this season in Major League Baseball.
- What makes it even more unbelievable: IT'S HIS FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE START.
- He is the fourth man to complete the feat.
- Bumpus Jones of the 1892 Cincinnati Reds -- only threw eight games in the majors.
- Ted Breitenstein beat him by a year, and did it in 1891, on the final day of the season for the St. Louis Browns of the American Association. Like Gilbert, he had appeared in relief beforehand. It was the league's final no-hitter. He did, unlike the other two, last a decade in the majors.
- May 6, 1953, Bobo Holloman pitched a no-hitter for the St. Louis Browns. Bill Veeck, who owned the team at the time, said every out was a screamer, but he got it done. He lasted one season in the bigs.
- And now Gilbert.
According to the Wikipedia page, an irony among the following men:
- Grover Cleveland Alexander
- Kid Nichols
- Lefty Grove
- Early Wynn
- Steve Carlton
- Don Sutton
- Greg Maddux
- Roger Clemens
- Tim Keefe
- Eddie Plank
- Mickey Welch
- and Tom Glavine
None of those twelve men got a no-hitter in careers which far exceeded all four of these men's put together!
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