Damn! That sucks! However, a one-hitter in a 1-0 game is a great accomplishment. You have to look on the positive side. Ah hell - this is the Red Sox - that means get ready for lots of talk about who is to blame for Schilling not getting his no-no.
Look for talk radio to blame Julio Lugo who had an error. If not for Lugo's error (the reasoning will go) - then Schilling never has to face Shannon Stewart. You can't blame Lugo for the error though. Blaming Lugo would be like blaming me for thinking just before Stewart stepped to the plate in the 9th that Shannon Stewart reminds me a lot of Carl Everett who broke up Mike Mussina's no-hitter bid with 2-outs in the 9th against the Red Sox a couple of years ago.
However, if someone must be blamed. I'm going to blame Yahoo sports. You are not supposed to talk about the no-hitter as it happens and you definitely do not to utter the words "no-hitter." It was kinda amusing to listen to Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo talk around the subject the last couple of innings. No such courtesy at Yahoo sports though. Here is what they were screaming in the box score for the Red Sox / A's game:
BOSTON PITCHER CURT SCHILLING HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH SIX INNINGS.Yahoo sports - I blame you. Only kidding. I blame Shannon Stewart.
BOSTON PITCHER CURT SCHILLING HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH SEVEN INNINGS.
BOSTON PITCHER CURT SCHILLING HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH EIGHT INNINGS.
BOSTON PITCHER CURT SCHILLING HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH 8 1/3 INNINGS.
BOSTON PITCHER CURT SCHILLING HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH 8 2/3 INNINGS.
THE SINGLE BY OAKLAND'S SHANNON STEWART WITH TWO OUTS IN THE NINTH INNING ENDED CURT SCHILLING'S NO-HITTER.
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