"And the other thing on Lloyd's wish list, Mr. Iwakuma? Give me eight."
During the first inning of Hisashi Iwakuma's no-hitter, Dave Sims shared with the audience Manager Lloyd McClendon's hope that Kuma could go eight innings and give the bullpen a day of rest. Twenty seven outs later, Kuma would bow to the crowd at Safeco as if to say, "No problem."
No-hitters are a team effort. This will go down in MLB history as Kuma's no-no, as well it should, but every out matters, and every no-hitter has outs that are the result of strong defensive play, casual greatness, or simply doing one's job.