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Originally Posted by frankbmd
First there was Tommy John surgery, a universally accepted eponym, and now there is a proposed rule change known as the "Jake NL No No Equivalency Option" which reads as follows:
"Whereas a National League pitcher benefits from facing up to three unqualified hitters, the opposing pitchers, during a nine inning no-hitter instead of three accomplished designated batsmen that an AL pitcher must face to achieve his no-hitter and no doubt the NL pitcher must feel inferior to his AL counterpart, He shall heretofore be granted the option of facing three additional batters. The result of these at bats shall not impact the outcome of the game, but merely serve to verify the equivalency of the "tainted" NL No No to its AL counterpart.
If any of the three additional batsmen should reach first base safely as the result of a hit, the game ends and the "tainted" NL No No shall remain tainted.
The hit that ends the game in this manner shall not be designated as a "walk off" single, but rather a "Jake off" single, the first Net54 eponym that will proudly take its place beside Tommy John's elbow."  |
Did you realize that I am smarter than I look (that wouldn't be difficult) and that Edison Volquez is the
first pitcher to toss a no-no after undergoing Tommy John surgery?
I also was a resident with Dr. Lewis Yocum, the Angels team physician for 36 years who passed away in 2013, a year before his boss Dr. Frank Jobe, both of whom are smiling in their graves after Edison's no-no.
Now you know the rest of the story.
