Two 300 game winning pitchers with Atlanta Braves connections: Don Sutton of the California Angels and Phil Niekro of the Cleveland Indians in 1985. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
The first no-hitter thrown by an Atlanta Braves pitcher was perhaps the most remarkable.
As noted yesterday, this series is intended to review the no-hitters thrown since the Atlanta Braves arrived in the South in 1966. The first such game serves to remind us how good Phil Niekro was… at least at times.
With a knuckleball thrower, there are a lot of variables involved.