Here is a circa 2008 photo with Justin Verlander a few months after he threw his 1st no-hitter in June of 2007.
These are my two kids Sam & Sadie who are now 21 and 18 respectively.
JV signed my Verlander game used bat from the 2007 season and inscribed it "No-hitter 6-12-07".
Check out the bat manufactured date of 6/1/07 on the knob, literally 6 days before he threw his 1st no-hitter.
Love the bat, lots of use, but certainly not many hits, since JV didn't get his 1st ML hit until 7 years later in 2014!!
OT, but he only has 5 hits in a ML career and is a career .100 hitter after 16 years. Certainly not a hitter but an absolute lock for a HOF pitching career.