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Kid, ya owe me one: Verlander’s no-no missed

  

By The Heckler
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Little did The Heckler realize just how quickly having a child can change one’s life – and this baby ain’t even born yet. Talk about owing me one. Justin Verlander’s no-hitter tonight (just the sixth in the long 100+ year history of the Detroit Tigers) went sight unseen by this writer, save for exactly two pitches: a foul ball, and the final out.

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Detroit’s Justin Verlander, MLB’s latest no-hitter hurler

Honestly, I didn’t even know he had a no-hitter going as I finally retreated to my basement, cold drink in hand, ready to take in the remainder of the game. Mrs. Heckler and I had just returned from our second week of pre-natal classes and, after tuning into the game on the radio, an apparently-superstitious Detroit play-by-play man (Dan Dickerson) gave no inkling as to what was going on. Not that that comes as much of a surprise. Dickerson, while enthusiastic and competent as an x’s and o’s lead commentator, is forever sorely lacking in several basic areas of the game. You know, stuff like giving listeners the score, how deep a fly ball actually is going and WHETHER OR NOT YOUR HOMETOWN PITCHER HAS A DAMN NO-HITTER GOING! Here I am, reveling in the fact that he had 10 strikeouts in the seventh, and the kid had a friggin’ no-no on the go. Sigh. Oh well. Congrats to Justin, and congrats to the Tigers who are now tied with Cleveland for the AL Central lead.

For the record, The Heckler will officially count this no-hitter as his second Tigers no-no, having witnessed Jack Morris’ gem back in 1984 on NBC’s Game of the Week with Vin Scully. “And Jack Morris has his no-hitter,” right, Punch?

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 at 7:19 pm and is filed under Waxing Nostalgic, Baseball News and Views, Heckles All Around, Baseball. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Kid, ya owe me one: Verlander’s no-no missed”

  1. Mark Says:
    June 13th, 2007 at 11:51 am

    Hey Heckler, you should take a look at areyouwatchingthis.com. You’ll never miss a no-hitter again…

  2. The Heckler Says:
    June 13th, 2007 at 12:07 pm

    Sure, NOW ya tell me! Then again, my wife also makes me leave my cell phone in the car. See, the previous week, a buddy called during class to talk baseball, and well . . . that didn’t go over too well with the Mrs.

    Sometimes even The Heckler knows when to just shut the hell up.

    Thanks for visiting.

  3. Brandon Says:
    May 1st, 2008 at 5:37 am

    JUSTIN YOU RULEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO 2008-2009 DETROIT TIGERS

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