Last Night the Seattle Mariners pitched the third no-hitter in their franchise's history. This time though the feat will not be accredited to just one pitcher. It will be credited to six of them. First, the starter who left after six innings due to injury, Kevin Millwood. Followed by Charlie Furbrush (0.2 IP), Stephen Pryor (0.1), Lucas Luetge (0.1), Brandon League (0.2) and Tom Wilhelmsen (1.0).
I think shortstop Brendan Ryan sums it up best, ''I think we all took a second and looked around and were like, did that really happen - and what do we do now?''
That's pretty much how I feel about it too. Is it something worth celebrating? I mean it's pretty neat and rare - it's only been done 10 times - that your team didn't allow a hit for 9 innings. There's just something tainted about it for me.
No-hitters are special feats. It's just a lot neater for the record books when one guy throws it. When it's the team that accomplishes it I tend to look at it with a sigh and a "meh".
How do you feel about the accomplishment?
Notes: Randy Johnson threw the first no-hitter in Mariners history in June 1990 against the Tigers. Chris Bosio threw the second in April 1993 against the Red Sox. The last team to combine for a no-hitter was the Astros against the Yankees in June 2003.
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