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...Winners HIDEO NOMO First Chinese basketball player . . . wait, wrong sport. Japanese pitcher becomes the fourth to throw a no-hitter in both U.S. major leagues TUPAC SHAKUR Posthumous album by the rapper who went down in a hail of bullets in 1996 hits No. 1. Expect John Phillips to top the charts in 2007 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN The Brazilian monkey fights back from near extinction; immediately teams up with Clint Eastwood for Any Which Way You Can sequel...
That was all temporarily forgotten Wednesday night after Hideo Nomo, who pitched poorly in spring training, became the first Red Sox pitcher in 35 years to pitch a no-hitter. No-hitters are notoriously unpredictable and erratic, but this one was particularly surprising—if any Sox pitcher was going to pitch a no-hitter this season, it was going to be Martinez. Or so we all thought...
...Nomo was the one who stepped up and pitched the second no-hitter of his career. He looked like the Hideo Nomo of five years ago, firing a powerful fastball and a devastating split-fingered pitch that fooled the hapless Baltimore batters all night long...
...rotation behind Pedro is iffy at best and atrocious at worst. After Pedro, the Sox are rolling out Hideo Nomo (8-12 last year), Frank Castillo, Tomo Okha, and Paxton Crawford. If you can tell me what the last three guys look like, you need to get out of the house more...
Again, it's still early, but based on opening spring training starts, Barney is a scarier foe than Nomo or Cone. Martinez, the most dominating pitcher in all of baseball, is the closest thing to a guaranteed win. But, unless Castillo proves incredible, it's still "Pedro and pray for rain" until further notice...