We were sitting in the press box at Wrigley Field on Sunday watching a no-hitter -- of sorts. Milwaukee's Gio Gonzalez hadn't allowed a hit in three innings against the Cubs, but he had walked four, and even if he hadn't you knew that once Chicago reached its third time through the order, Brewers manager Craig Counsell would yank him. Indeed, Gonzalez was gone in the fourth in favor of a pinch-hitter, with a goose egg still on his pitching line under the hits category. It was a fairly obvious move, but even if it wasn't, we've been increasingly conditioned to understand that there are more important things in today's baseball than no-hitters.
Throwback ace Verlander adds to Hall of Fame legacy with third no-hitter
