Last night on Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN Cliff Lee was throwing a gem. Getting deep into the game with a no-hitter still intact. Once he finally gave up the hit (never jinx a no-hitter by talking about it) Joe Morgan decided to invite all of the listeners into Grandpa M's story time. He began speaking of a Don Wilson's no-hitter in 1967.
He spoke of how in the 9th inning and two outs the great Hank Aaron stepped in with the thought of breaking up the no-no. Joe calls time and walks from second base up to the pitcher's mound and talks to Wilson. He tells him that it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to walk Hank. According to Joe, Don told him to shut the hell up and get back on second base. Wilson through three straight strikes passed Hammerin' Hank and the no-hitter was put in the history books.
So what's the problem? Well, Joe wasn't in the lineup that day. He was on the bench with injuries. So apparently he was living his life through Julio Gotay who played second that day. That or he didn't realize that people in the sports world have access to databases and can look up stuff before the 1990's and wanted to pull a fast one on America. What a dope!
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