Rosecrans: Exactly when does a game with no hits turn into a no-hit bid?
From C. Trent Rosecrans at The Athletic on August 20, 2018, with mention of SABR member Joel Luckhaupt:
I was at home Saturday night when I saw Matt Harvey hadn’t given up a hit through four innings — and knew I had to keep an eye on it.
My wife, daughter and I were about to leave to grab dinner, but it was at that point I said I had to monitor this.
After Harvey got through the fifth, I started planning — if he got through six, I had to go to the ballpark.
I texted my old partner on the beat, Zach Buchanan: “So, at what point do you get nervous about a no-hitter for a game you’re not at?”
He responded: “Haha well, I left dinner with my wife and mother when Patrick Corbin took one into the seventh. By the time I got to our house to grab my shit, he’d lost it.”
I decided it was two times through the order, so we’d take separate cars or wait until after the sixth. In the bottom of the fifth, I showered and watched the top of the sixth with two shirts on my bed — a collared shirt for going to the ballpark and a T-shirt for dinner.
Read the full article here: https://theathletic.com/479927/2018/08/20/exactly-when-does-a-game-with-no-hits-turn-into-a-no-hit-bid/
Originally published: August 22, 2018. Last Updated: August 22, 2018.