After an April 30, 1967, doubleheader in Baltimore, in which the two teams combined in Game 1 for two hits — with none from the winning team, Detroit Tigers manager Mayo Smith had a bit of business to finish off.
He detailed the events of his squad’s 2-1 win over the Orioles onto a lineup card, and then sealed that card in a cigar box, before speaking to reporters about the second combined no-hitter in MLB history.
“I’m sending that off to Cooperstown,” Smith said. “That’s where it belongs.
“I’ve never seen anything like that in 35 years of baseball and I don’t expect to see anything like it again.