A no-hitter. Do you mention it? Do you blurt something out? Or do you stay silent? If you stay silent, is it diminishing the accomplishment? Shouldn't you be louder than normal? Or should everyone conspire to make the start feel as standard as possible, save for its obvious exceptional qualities?
Jim Abbott, a left-handed pitcher whose career spanned time with USA Baseball, the Michigan Wolverines, California Angels, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, and Milwaukee Brewers, reached the mountaintop on a chilly September day in 1993, the exact variety of day he most preferred to pitch in.