It’s been 7,976 days since David Cone threw a perfect game for the Yankees. That was the last no-hitter thrown by the game’s most famous franchise, until Corey Kluber took the ball tonight in Arlington. In the stadium where his 2020 season began and ended, Klubot dominated the Rangers, walking just a single batter on 101 pitches. He struck out nine. He was never in any danger, never looked stressed, and indeed, never even looked all that excited until the last out.
It took Kluber just 20 pitches to work through the first two innings, the first signs that he had something special cooking.