Here's a card I had fun putting together: a "highlight" card
featuring the four Oakland A's pitchers who combined to no-hit the Angels on
September 28th, 1975.
Take a look:
On the very last day of the season the A's closed out yet
another successful year, no-hitting California and winning 5-0, giving
them 98 wins for the season and their fifth straight division
championship.
Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers each
contributed to the no-hitter, with Blue giving up the only two walks.
What I also find incredible is the fact that the A's switched catchers during the game as well!
Gene Tenace started the game behind the plate, then switched over
to first base while Ray Fosse came in at the top of the seventh inning
to catch Lindblad.
For the life of me I can't (off the top of my head) remember another no-hitter where the starting catcher was pulled.
Anyone know another such game?
I'll have to look it up for sure!
As a kid I always remember the two combined no-hitters of the
'70's: this game and the one that happened the very next year with two
Chicago White Sox pitchers doing the same.
I'll be designing a card for THAT game as well in the near future, so keep an eye out for it.
For anyone interested in the Oakland no-hit game particulars,
here's a link to the box score on the Godly web-site,
"Baseball-Reference.com":
Another item to point out: Reggie Jackson hit two home runs in the
game, the second of which gave him a tie for the home run crown in 1975
with Milwaukee Brewer George Scott, one of THREE such occasions that
Reggie would share a home run crown in his career
with a Milwaukee Brewer!
And all three times while he was playing for a different team!
How freakin' strange is that?
He's also share the crown in 1980 with Ben Oglivie while playing
for the Yankees, and with Gorman Thomas in 1982 while with the Angels.
Man I love this game!
