As our delayed plane landed at Midway on Thursday night, I flipped my phone off Airplane Mode. I checked my text messages, sent a few, then of course, checked in on the Cubs game. I saw they were beating the Dodgers 4-0 in the bottom of the 8th inning. Knowing our bullpen, I felt pretty good about that lead at that point in the game. I was right. Cubs did win 4-0; what a nice welcome home present.
My brother sent me a text right after the game; combined nono. What? Really? I had no idea. How cool is that? It’s crazy that I missed another no hitter in LA. I missed the first one because I was at Ravinia listening to Santana when Jake was spinning his masterpiece back in the day. This one because I was on a plane back from Vegas; it would have been cool to still be in Vegas watching this one develop… Anyways, it was the first combined no hitter in Cubs history. What a great way to start the series in LA. I thought it was funny how some people don’t consider this to be an “official” no hitter.
What is the definition of a no hitter? Not allowing a hit for the entire game, yes? Well, obviously if it takes 1 pitcher or 10 pitchers, if there were no hits the entire game, then that game was a no hitter; seems easy enough to me. But hey, I thought MadBum’s should have counted; it’s not his fault that MLB dictated the length of a doubleheader game to the league. He pitched the entire game and didn’t give up any hits; it should count. If it did count, this Cubs combined no-no would have broke the record for most no-hitters in one year. Since it didn’t count, the Cubs effort tied the record for most no hitters in a single season. Surely this will be broken, right?
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Glad to be home; glad to see the Cubs victory. I had hoped for some more wins in LA… can’t always get what you want right? We’ll check back in with the Cubs in a few; have a couple other things I want to get to first.
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