All of you likely know that the Cubs hold the MLB record for most consecutive games not being no-hit, 7,920, between Sandy Koufax’ perfect game against them September 9, 1965 and Cole Hamels no-hitting them for the Phillies at Wrigley Field July 25, 2015.
Hamels’ no-hitter, the only one thrown at Wrigley Field since Milt Pappas’ for the Cubs in 1972, was disappointing not only because it snapped the Cubs’ no-hit streak, but because it broke that streak just a few weeks short of 50 years since it began, as well as just 80 games short of an even 8,000.