Cubs-Phillies: Carlos Ruiz was worried he jinxed Cole Hamels' no-hitter

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The first rule of a no-hitter is you don't talk about the no-hitter.

Of course, announcers can talk about no-hitters (we see you, Len Kasper) because that's their job. And feel free to discuss it in the stands or the bar or the comfort of your own home.

But under no circumstances are you allowed to talk about it on the field. It's one of those old baseball superstitions that will probably never leave the game, just like the rally cap or not washing a pair of socks during a hot streak.

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Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz thought he had accidently jinxed Cole Hamels' no-hitter over the Cubs on Saturday at Wrigley Field.

Ruiz, who was behind the plate for his fourth no-hitter (tying an MLB record), began the game with sunglasses on under his catcher's mask due to the bright conditions on Chicago's North Side. But as the game wore on, shadows crept across the infield and Ruiz ditched the shades for the ninth inning.

"In the sixth inning, I got the feeling something special was going to happen today," Ruiz said. "I was just trying to do everything I did the inning before. And then the last inning, I threw my sunglasses away and then I got superstitious.

"I was like, 'Oh man...' but it ended up happening still and I'm happy."

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Hamels retired the Cubs in order in that ninth inning, though things were dicey at the end as Kris Bryant drove a fly ball to center field and Odubel Herrera ended the game with a ridiculous catch.

Phillies manager Pete Mackanin - a Chicago native - said the entire dugout was aware of what was going on, employing the standard protocol of leaving the pitcher alone in between innings.

"Everybody was afraid to open their mouths," Mackanin said. "He was at one end [of the dugout] and I was at the other and I didn't even look at him."

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