The Day the Gods Smiled on Ron Necciai

There are some feats in sports that seem impossible. In fact, if you told others about them, they probably wouldn't believe you. Johnny Van Der Meer pitching back to back no-hitters (try breaking that one). Or how about Mike Crean at Green Valley Ranch golf club in Denver (02),Shawn Lynch at Teign Valley ( 95), or Larry Brice at Hope CC in Arkansas (62) nailing holes in one on a par five.

But, someone mentioned today a baseball possibility that couldn't possibily have happened, so I looked it up. And, lo and behold; it had happened. Once.

On May 13th, 1952, in Bristol Vermont, nineteen year old righty Ron Necciai pitched a no-hitter and struck out 27 hitters in a Class D game between the Appalachian League Bristol Twins and the Welsh Miners. Huzzah!

Four of the Welsh batters did reach base on a walk, an error, a hit batsman and a passed ball on a swinging third strike. But 27 outs were recorded via strikeout.

Apparently, the two previous games he struck out 20 and 19, and had a 24-strikeout two hitter. It's a shame he blew out his arm and basically did nothing in the major leagues.

Still, it boggles the mind.

Source: http://www.blueridgecountry.com/necciai/