Sabathia Robbed of No-No

Milwaukee Brewers lefty CC Sabathia threw what would be considered by many to be the second no hitter of the 2008 season. Unfortunately for him, the official scorer did not share the same opinion.

Sabathia went the distance for the Brewers striking out eleven while giving up just one hit, an Adam LaRoche grounder back to Sabathia who dropped the ball after taking a few steps to his right. To many the play would have been ruled an error on Sabathia. Official scorer Bob Webb disagreed, ruling the play a hit.

''The way the ball came off the bat, it was spinning, and it went to the left of the mound with a left-handed pitcher going to get it. It's a difficult play. The definition requires standard effort, and that would have taken more than an ordinary effort. The runner was well down the line.''

Brewers manager Ned Yost strongly disagreed calling the ruling "a joke." He went on to say that the Brewers would be sending a DVD copy of the play to the league office for review.

After seeing the play several times myself, I am going to have to agree with Yost on this one. Sabathia clearly drops the ball. With his arm strength he would have had plenty of time to zip the ball over to first in time for the out. Its too bad that a little play like that cost CC a no-hitter. He has been nothing short of brilliant since his arrival in Milwaukee (9-0 1.43 ERA). The way he has been throwing lately, he has a very good chance of accomplishing the feat before the season is over. It is a shame that it couldn't have happened today.