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Jonathan Sanchez, an unlikely candidate, pitched the majors’ first no-hitter this season Friday night, dominating the San Diego Padres with an array of pitches in the San Francisco Giants’ 8-0 victory. The 26-year-old left-hander returned to the rotation after a nearly three-week demotion to the bullpen—and he only got the call because 303-game winner Randy Johnson(notes) went on the disabled list this week with a shoulder injury. Gold Glove center fielder Aaron Rowand(notes) saved the no-hitter with a leaping catch at the center-field fence to rob pinch-hitter Edgar Gonzalez for the second out of the ninth inning. Sanchez (3-8) nearly...

Schuster, a high school senior in a suburb of Tampa, Fla., pitched his fourth straight no-hitter Monday night, leading his Mitchell High team to a 5-0 win over rival Pasco with 17 strikeouts, according to The Associated Press. "I never thought this would happen," Schuster told the AP. "I'm just having so much fun right now."

For only the 4th time in MLB history, a team that failed to get a hit in a game has won that game.

Mark Buehrle tossed the 16th no-hitter in White Sox history Wednesday night, shutting down the Rangers in a 6-0 victory. The last Sox pitcher to throw a no hitter was Wilson Alvarez in 1991.

Eddie Feigner, the hard-throwing softball showman who barnstormed for more than 50 years with his "The King and His Court" four-man team, died Friday. He was 81. Feigner, the former Marine known for his trademark crewcut and bulging right arm, died in Huntsville, Ala., from a respiratory ailment related to dementia, wife Anne Marie Feigner said Friday night. With a fastball once clocked at 104 mph, Feigner threw 930 no-hitters and 238 perfect games and struck out 141,517 batters while playing more than 10,000 games. He was inducted into the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame in 2000. A stroke...

12 Year Old Pitches No-Hitter,Day After Dad Is Buried Douglas Maher-All Headline News Reporter June 3,2005 3:15 EST BINGHAMTON,NY(AHN)- As Wayne Bonsell Jr. stood on the pitcher's mound at Booth Field on Wednesday night, he tried to remember all of the lessons his father had taught him. "Concentrate, take a deep breath before every pitch." This was not just another seasonal game for Wayne Jr.,this one held special meaning like no other before he took the mound. A day earlier, he had said goodbye to his father for the last time. Wayne Bonsell Sr., 39, was one of three workers...

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John Forbes Kerry believes he is entitled to be commander in chief because of 4 months and 12 days that he spent in Vietnam. Using his logic, I believe I am entitled to be Commissioner of Major League Baseball. I spent three four-month tours of duty back in Little League with Loucks Insurance. And get this, I was a hero. It was many, many years ago but I remember it as if it were yesterday. Loucks was facing Servisoft, a team sponsored by a water service company. Little League is 6 inningss -- each team has 18 outs. Well, one...

It seemed all too familiar when Mike Rickert pitched a no-hitter for Bowler High School. The performance Thursday came 22 years to the day after his father, John Rickert, accomplished the same feat, against the same team, also in his senior year at Bowler. Although no one realized the connection at the time, the headline in the Shawano Leader on Friday read, "Rickert hurls perfect game" - the same as the headline in the issue of April 23, 1982, announcing his father's no-hitter. "I was joking around with it, because I knew it was the same team, and I was...