25 years ago today (4/15/1987)

[hawing]

Today (April 15, 2012) marks 25 years since the Brewers' first (and only, to date) no-hitter, thrown by Juan Nieves vs. the Orioles at Baltimore.

 

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[RockCoCougars]

I remember it well. It was a rainy Friday night and I had to wrest control of the TV from some 'Dallas' fans.

[Nottso]

Does anyone happen to know who caught that game?

[hawing]

Actually, it was a Wednesday night. I had to go to a required German-language lecture for a class. I brought my Walkman but to my dismay the prof sat next to me. So I found out about the no-no from a message scrawled by my roommate on the dry-erase board that graced our dorm room door. I didn't have a TV at the time, either, so it was literally years before I ever saw highlights from that game.

[The Mexican Weez]

I remember watching it on live on tv! I was just a kid so i didn't realize the importance until just after Robin Yount doved after the flyball from Eddie Murray. I love watching replays on youtube!

[RockCoCougars]

Actually, it was a Wednesday night. I had to go to a required German-language lecture for a class. I brought my Walkman but to my dismay the prof sat next to me. So I found out about the no-no from a message scrawled by my roommate on the dry-erase board that graced our dorm room door. I didn't have a TV at the time, either, so it was literally years before I ever saw highlights from that game.

 

Could have sworn it was a Friday. Must have meshed together a couple of different games.... I'm just glad that it was televised on Channel 18.

[brewtank34]

Today is my parents 40th Anniversary. I remember watching the game with my dad in '87 while celebrating their big day and cheering once Robin made that awesome catch. Every year on this day, I remember that great moment and it's something I share with my dad annually.

[Invader3K]

I wonder how many franchises have had a longer no hitter "drought." You would think we would manage one more than once in a quarter century.

[RightFieldCoder]

Mets have 0. The Mets traded a 24 yo Nolan Ryan (and others) for 1+ years of Jim Fregosi.

 

2000 posts again![/ot]

[Patrick425]

I wonder how many franchises have had a longer no hitter "drought." You would think we would manage one more than once in a quarter century.

 

 

Well, imho, they (Sabathia) had one taken from them in 2008 by the official scorer.

[chuckiehacks]

I was at the Bucks game that night. They actually stopped the game to announce news of the no-hitter.

[BradWI]

Love how Robin dove for the ball when he really didn't need it to just to make the thing that much more epic

[CheezWizHed]

I remember catching the game on the radio for the last few innings. I remember Bob and Pat sounding "unusual" that evening. Seemed like at the end of each inning, they were much more "abrupt" about information they normally shared. But I do remember picking up on what was happening somehow.