Reliving Every Out of Kuma's No-No

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports"And the other thing on Lloyd's wish list, Mr. Iwakuma? Give me eight."

During the first inning of Hisashi Iwakuma's no-hitter, Dave Sims shared with the audience Manager Lloyd McClendon's hope that Kuma could go eight innings and give the bullpen a day of rest. Twenty seven outs later, Kuma would bow to the crowd at Safeco as if to say, "No problem."

No-hitters are a team effort. This will go down in MLB history as Kuma's no-no, as well it should, but every out matters, and every no-hitter has outs that are the result of strong defensive play, casual greatness, or simply doing one's job. So with the final post of Lookout's salute to Kuma, our Bear King, let us…