No-hitters happen. We know that. Most of us know they even happen to good teams. Whatever. We've been over it.
What's nice is that bad feeling goes away quickly. There's another game the next day and the ignominy fades, grouped away with all the other data points in a 162-game season.
What happened Sunday, though... It didn't help. The Pirates followed getting no-hit by getting walloped by the Nationals, 9-2, in probably even uglier fashion than Saturday's loss.
This one was a disaster before we could even get to any possible Jose Tabata-related drama.