Some assorted reaction and befuddlement to Edwin Jackson’s no-hitter against the Rays on Friday night.
- Jon Paul Morosi: “I’ll admit that the final tally -- 149 pitches, eight walks -- looks a little absurd. But 2010 is the “Year of the 0.” We witnessed three perfect games (unofficially) in less than one month. A no-hitter? Routine.”
- A.J. Hinch: “You do want to make smart decisions, but you do have a chance at history and you don’t want to take it away from him. And that’s for everybody involved, from the team, to the fans, to anybody that was included in this game. It was the most bizarre no-hitters you’ll ever be around.”
- Joe Maddon: “He throws 68 pitches after just three innings and settles in and pitches like he did? You’ve got to give him a lot of credit. He’s a horse and a great athlete. He’s a great kid and he deserved to do that tonight. Hats off to him; he’s a wonderful man.”
- Edwin Jackson: “After the fifth, I looked up there, and I was like, ‘Wow, after all this, there’s still no hits?”
- Mel Stottlemeyer: “I was kind of kidding that he was an error and eight walks away from having a perfect game.”
- Eric Stangel: “Edwin Jackson throws no-no. There are now more pitchers who have thrown a no hitter this season than those who haven’t.”
- Joe Lemire: “Thus, the smart move for the Diamondbacks, who are already 14.5 games out of first place and would need a miracle to contend for the playoffs this season, would be to give Jackson a few extra days before his next outing or skip that next start altogether.”
- Edwin Jackson: “If he wants to skip me (in the rotation), that’s fine. If he just wants to give me a day off, that’s fine, too.”
- Rob Neyer: “For baseball, it means another chance to trumpet the effectiveness of its drug policy. Hitting isn’t down nearly as much this season as you might think (or as you’ve been told) ... but it’s down some, and last year it was down from the year before. We’ve seen four no-hitters already this season and while we might not see another, this does seem to be a new era, an era in which pitchers will somewhat regularly do incredible things. Even pitchers like Dallas Braden and Jackson.”
