Yu Gotta Be Kidding Me... Again...

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Yu Darvish had a no-hitter with two outs in the top of the ninth when this happened against David Ortiz...


Darvish lost a perfect game last season with two outs in the ninth and lost the perfect game this time in the seventh.
He struck out 12 and lasted 126 pitches and lost a no-hit bid for the third time in his career in the 8th inning or later...

BREAKING: Darvish Just Misses Perfecto

This is what Texas Rangers Yu Darvish was chasing tonight on Houston against the Astros...
The last time a Rangers pitcher had 27 up and 27 down...

The last no hitter 7-28-94 at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington...


After forcing two easy ground outs, Darvish faced shortstop Marwin Gonzalez for the opportunity to complete his perfect game.. and it didn't happen... the first pitch swinging on a fastball took care of the perfect game and the no-hitter...

Gonzalez, a career .232 hitter with just more than 100 at bats in his career, got Darvish removed after that...
And the Rangers stay at 5 career no-hitters at a franchise...

Hey, Yu...!!! Darvish Agrees With Rangers

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The Texas Rangers aren't messing around... at least they're trying not to mess around. They spent almost US$112-million in getting Japanese ace pitcher Yu Darvish to sign on the line which is dotted...

Dale Hansen discusses...


The next question is... will Darvish be like Nomo, Daisuke, or somewhere in between...??? At 6-5, 195 the HQ thinks first and foremost that Darvish needs to find himself some BBQ or some steaks to put in that body of his...

Some meat on the bone, son...
That's what we're calling for...
Some additional pounds...
Fill out that shirt, my boy...