May 24, 2021
We’ve still got a week to go in May, a month that has included four no-hitters, including two last week on back-to-back days the Tigers’ Spencer Turnbullagainst the Mariners on Tuesday, and then the Yankees’ Corey Kluberagainst the Rangers on Wednesday, plus two that were just two days apart earlier this month. That brings this year’s total to six no-hitters of the nine-inning variety, plus a seven-inning one by Madison Bumgarner that The Man doesn’t want you to count. Particularly because the major league batting average of .237 is in a virtual tie for the all-time low mark set in 1968, these remarkable achievements are threatening to lose some luster.