European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday thursday july 4/5,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23baseball�?Ts no hit weekend s no is by Doug Tucker Kansas City map a move Over wrong Way Riegels. Step aside Tommy Lewis. Make room for Andy Hawkins a. Brand new member of what might be called the Hall of Fame for dubious achievements. / Quot ill live forever As the answer to a trivia question a the new York Yankees Pitcher said monday still trying to let it All sink in. A a it a a strange strange feeling. Riegels won Fame As the California football player who ran the wrong Way in the 1929 Rose bowl. Lewis was the red faced Alabama Reserve who got so excited he jumped Oft the Bench and tackled Rice s Dickie Mongle in the Cotton bowl. And Hawkins will forever be known As the Yankee Pitcher who threw a no hitter against the Chicago White sox on july 1,1990 a and lost 4-0. As the Yankees pulled into Kansas City on monday for a three game series Hawkins was still trying to sort out his thoughts and emotions. "1 got beat but i did something ill probably never Ever do again a Hawkins said. Quot once people get Over the Shock of my losing they la realize it was a no hitter i did throw a no-hitter.�?�. Hawkins will also occupy a spot in baseball history with Dave Stewart and Fernando Valenzuela As part of a no hit weekend. For Hawkins though the memories will be bittersweet. He lost when the White sox scored tour runs of three errors and two walks in the eighth. A you dream about pitching a no hitter Quot Hawkins said. A you think about your teammates charging out to you and partying after the this time the Yankees were party Poppers. Hawkins Gem came less than 48 hours after Oakland Sstewart and los Angeles Valenzuela pitched no hitters on Friday night. It was the first time no hitters had been pitched on the same Day in each ic3�uc a �?o1 have mixed emotions Quot Hawkins said. A anytime you Pilch a no Hitler you expect to win. In be seen it a thousand times. Like Stewart and Fernando. There s a lot of handshaking and amazingly Hawkins had no trouble sleeping sunday night. But All Day monday he had trouble staying Oft the phone., a a in be had old friends and family calling. The phones been ringing off the Hook a he said. A a lot of people done to know How to react. In a one of them. I did t know How to react its Andy Hawkins watches his Outfield collapse sunday. By Larry Stewart los Angeles times Ken Johnson a phone started ringing sunday evening a you re about the 10th Call a he said from his Home in Pineville la., a Small town located in the Center of the state on the red River. Johnson 57, has not pitched in the big leagues since 1970, but he was suddenly Back in the spotlight put there by the new York Yankees Andy Hawkins. Like Hawkins did sunday Johnson once lost a Complete game no Hiiter. Johnson who pitched for seven different teams during a 13-year career was with the Houston Colt ,45s later the astros when he no hit the Cincinnati reds april 23,1964, at Houston and lost 1-0, it was pointed out to Johnson that in the 1965 edition of the official baseball guide he is quoted As saying a a in a not Happy about losing the game but i know that if wed won people would have forgotten by next year that id pitched a no hitter. This Way talk about it for maybe the next 20 or 30 Johnson said that did no to come from him. A Pete Runnels our first baseman came up with that a Johnson said a i was very disappointed to lose the game. They done to pay you to lose. A it Wasny to until a few years later that it set in that i had pitched a no Hilter 1 was proud to have pitched it. A for a Pitcher a no hitter is the ultimate a Johnson a frustration at the time is understandable. His ninth inning error contributed to the loss. With one out Pete Rose bunted Down the third base line and Johnson a throw to first was wide enabling Rose to go to second he went to third on a groundnut and scored on an error by second baseman Nellie Fox. Quot after the game i saw Nellie silting there with his head Down and went Over and told hey it was my fault. It was my error that Cost use the a Quot Runnels overhead me and that a when he pointed out that at least they a be talking about this for 20 or 30 years. A it was t much Consolation at the it takes bit of Luck to work no hitter magic by Jim Donaghy a baseball writer new York a this season everybody is Nolan Ryan. No hitter no problem. In a Span of less than 48 hours last weekend there were three no hitters bringing the season total to six. The word of a no hitter in Progress sweeps from Park to Park and everyone knows something special is happening. No hitter after six. No hitter after seven. Its on the radio to sports reports and flashed on stadium scoreboards from Pawtucket to Pocatello. A it meant my picture in All the papers a said Jerry Reuss who pitched a no hitter for los Angeles against san Francisco on june 27, 1980. A it meant people recognized me on the Street at breakfast at the hotel. The phone rang All Day. The Day before i could have been a shirt Salesman a Reuss was the last dodger to throw a no hitter before Fernando Valenzuela did it Friday night Only a few hours after Oakland a Dave Stewart pitched one against on sunday Andy Hawkins pitched a no hitter for the new York Yankees but lost 4-0 when the Chicago i Hite sox scored their runs on three errors with two outs in the eighth inning. Usually the no hitters Are rare. That a part of the magic the word goes out no Hilter after eight. That does no to mean it will be there after nine though. On june 16, 1986, Texas knuckle bal Ler Chalk Hough pitched a no hitter for 8vj innings against California before the rangers fell took a 1-0 Lead into the ninth and struck out Ruppert Jones leading Oft. Pinch hitter Jack Howell then hit a Fly Ball Down the left Field line that George Wright dropped for a three base error and Wally Joyner followed with a single to end the no hitter. Then things got worse., Doug Decinces fanned but the third strike got away from Catcher Orlando Mercado allowing Joyner to move to second. After Reggie Jackson was intentionally walked George Hendrick struck out but the Ball bounced away from Mercado again and Joyner scored the winning run All the Way from second. A i was two outs away from a no Amer and All of a sudden 1 lost the no Hitler shutout and game in a couple of minutes a Hough said. A it shows that Pimp ing a no hitter requires a lot of Luck. I he bounces certainly did no to go my Way that no hitter after eight sometimes that a not even Good enough to stay in the game. In 1970, san Diego Sclay Kirby held the new York mets witless for eight innings but was lifted for a Pinch hitter by manager Preston Gomez. With his team trailing 1-0 with two outs in the eighth Gomez elected to go for the win for a team that would finish 63-99. Kirby did no to get a Chance to pitch the ninth and the padres lost anyway 3-0. Proving he was consistent Gomez removed Houston a Don Wilson for a Pinch hitter after the right hander pitched eight no hit innings against Cincinnati in 1974. Mike Cosgrove pitched the ninth and gave up a Lead off single to Tony Perez. The reds won 2-1. Fortunately for Wilson he had already pitched no hitters in 1967 and �?T69. In september 1988, Toronto a Dave Stieb lost no hitters in the ninth inning in consecutive starts against Cleveland and Baltimore. Julio Franco got a bad hop single to spoil the first one and Jim Traber of looped a single Down the right Field line to ruin the second bid. A you have to have a lot of Luck to Ritch a no hitter a Reuss said. A you can Ose to a handle hit bleeder a checked swing or bad Bounce. But you have to have Good stuff too if Only for one Day. You can to junk your Way to a Ryan who pitched his record sixth no hitter on june 11 at Oakland has lost no hit bids five times in the ninth inning including two last season. He has also tossed 12 one hitters and 19 two hitters. But you done to have to be Nolan Ryan to throw a no hitter. On May 6, 1953, Bobo Holloman of the St. Louis Browns pitched a no Hitler against the Philadelphia athletics in his first major league Start. Holloman finished the season 3-7 and never pitched in the big leagues again. 1952, a a in Detroit a trucks flt Virgil pitched two no hitters but finished the season 5-19. Don Nottebart Dave Moorhead George Culver Jim Bibby de Halicki Mike Warren and Joe Cowley pitched no hitters too. They had however briefly their moment of magic when their no hitter after eight became a no Hilter forever. There Are times however when a no Hilter Isnit such a big Deal. On sept. 28, 1975, Oakland s Vida Blue cite in Abbott Paul Lindblad and role fingers combined to no hit California 5-0. I did t even know it was a no Hilter a Lindblad said. �?�1 did t find out about it until 1 got to the
