Fatigue and a near no hitter

It may be ridiculous that all we get in Manila at least on ESPN is Yankees games. I hate them to begin with. But yesterday since game time coincides with work I taped a game so I can see the inevitable AL East winners Tampa Rays play the hated NYY. This morning I turn on the TV to see what game is on and I am not surprised it's the Yankees. What I am surprised at is the game is against Seattle IN Seattle . Check out the distance between another Florida city and Seattle . Between Orlando and Tampa its 3100 miles in case you won't click the distance link. It's a good reference tool.

I will never argue that playing the outfield or the infield in an nine inning game would be the same as running a marathon. But baseball is a game that requires your mental sharpness as well as some sort of physical stamina. I hate the Yankees but I would not wish that kind of playing schedule on anybody. Playing games on opposite coasts on consecutive days. Would be unfair to get a no hitter in that circumstance.

Ed

Morrow nearly no-hits Yankees in 1st start
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By GREGG BELL, AP Sports Writer 8 minutes ago

SEATTLE (AP)—Brandon Morrow’s bid to become only the second pitcher in modern history to throw a no-hitter in his first major league start ended when pinch-hitter Wilson Betemit doubled with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Seattle Mariners held on to beat the New York Yankees 3-1 Friday night.

The 24-year-old right-hander, whose 100 previous big league outings were all in relief, blanked the Yankees until Betemit, batting for Jose Molina, lined a clean drive far over right fielder Ichiro Suzuki. The hit scored Hideki Matsui, who had walked with one out on a close 3-2 pitch.

Bobo Holloman of the St. Louis Browns is the lone pitcher since 1900 to throw a no-hitter in his first big league start, doing it against the Philadelphia Athletics on May 6, 1953.

Cincinnati’s Bumpus Jones pitched one against Pittsburgh on Oct. 15, 1892, and Ted Breitenstein did it for St. Louis of the American Association against Louisville on Oct. 4, 1891, according the Elias Sports Bureau.
Series at a Glance

It’s been nearly 50 years since the last complete-game no-hitter against the Yankees: The Baltimore Orioles’ Hoyt Wilhelm did it on Sept. 20, 1958. Six Houston Astros’ pitchers combined to no-hit New York at Yankee Stadium on June 11, 2003, a game in which starter Roy Oswalt left with a strained groin in the second inning.