Posts tagged ‘Washington Natinals’

In our latest episode, in addition to our look ahead to the Nats series we discussed some creative fan support for the Nats in the form of the Nat Rider, a Washington Nationals decorated bicycle that a Nats Fan (one from a group of guys) will ride from a local DC bar to Nationals Park before the game.  If you would like to support some creative fans, have a love of all things remotely Hasselhoff related, or just have sympathy for some poor Nationals fans, go to the Nat Rider Facebook page and become a fan.

In honor of Ubaldo’s awesome no-hitter on Saturday, here are a few no-hitter historical facts:
- In addition to Ubaldo, 15 other pitchers have thrown no-hitters while allowing six or more walks. The record is ten walks in a ten-inning no-hitter thrown by Jim Maloney in 1965, resulting in a win for his Reds against the Cubs.
- Nolan Ryan holds the record with seven no-hitters. His first came in 1973. His final no-hitter came on May 1st, 1991 at the age of 44. That same day, Rickey Henderson broke Lou Brock’s career stolen base record and Rickey officially declared himself the greatest of all time.
- In my opinion, the most impressive no-hitter was thrown in 1991 when Jim Abbott achieved the feat despite being born without a right hand.
- On August 6, 1969, Ken Holtzman tossed a no-hitter for the Cubs without recording a single strikeout.
- In 1969, Bill Stoneman made his 5th career start. It was the Montreal Expos 9th game as a franchise. The Phillies could not hit him.
- Stoneman is one of the pitchers to walk more batters than Ubaldo during a no-hitter, walking seven in a 7-0 victory and no-hitter against the Mets. With the game played in Montreal, it was the first MLB no-hitter thrown outside of the United States.