This might be old news to some of you what with it having happened back in April of 2023, but if you, like me, don’t tend to follow the goings on in the Angels’ farm system generally or of the Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas specifically, it’s probably new to you. But hell, even if it’s not it might be worth another look, because how many times are you going to watch a team lose a no-hitter like this?
90 seconds of how to NO HIT a team…but give up 7 RUNS and lose. 😳 pic.twitter.com/aClXzUfyJS
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 9, 2023
It’s hard to decide what the worst part is here. It would be easy to say the walks, but for my money it’s either plunking four guys in an inning or buddy somehow totally missing that routine fly ball he was waiting under. Apologies to buddy for not knowing what his name is, but perhaps that’s for the best.
Also, I realize that clip was heavily edited, but how do that many people get hit without warnings being issued? I’m sure none of that was intentional, but you still want the other team to know you’re not putting up with any of that silly unwritten rules retaliation crap, I’d think.
the Pandas lost this game 7-5 to the Cincinnati Reds affiliated Chattanooga Lookouts, who probably thought this was a home game based on how many times they heard someone yelling “look out!”
This, by the way, is just one more reason why I passionately hate the entire concept of combined no-hitters. Unless your starter’s arm literally comes off and flies into the 17th row, leave him out there when he’s feeling it, for the love of god! I get protecting your pitchers, but pitching changes long ago blew passed merely being excessive. They hurt my enjoyment of the game even more than that stupid runner on second base in extras rule.