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Title: Don Nottebart RIP
Post by: ValpoCory on October 05, 2007, 08:01:19 am
http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nottedo01.shtml

Died yesterday.  He threw the first no-hitter in Houston franchise history.

Title: Re: Don Nottebart RIP
Post by: SaltyParker on October 05, 2007, 08:39:35 am
http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nottedo01.shtml

Died yesterday.  He threw the first no-hitter in Houston franchise history.


I had always thought that Ken Johnson threw our first no hitter, but I see where Nottebart threw one in 63.
Title: Re: Don Nottebart RIP
Post by: Frobie on October 07, 2007, 02:53:18 am
Wow.  Can't believe I almost missed this.

Thanks for pointing it out.



Title: Re: Don Nottebart RIP
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on October 07, 2007, 10:25:31 am
I don't really remember the actual game but my Dad has always told about the time we saw Don Nottebart throw his no-hitter. I only remember the hub-bub after the game, I remember confusing the term no-hitter with double-header, back then I struggled with simple things, like understanding why a fielders choice wasn't a hit. I was such a novice that the no-hitter made no impact on me but the excitement afterward is what I remember. I also remember one of Don's sons pitching against me a few years later in the Westbury Little Leagues, by then I could recall every detail of the no-hitter. RIP Don.
Title: Re: Don Nottebart RIP
Post by: Texifornia on October 07, 2007, 10:46:21 am
I don't really remember the actual game but my Dad has always told about the time we saw Don Nottebart throw his no-hitter. I only remember the hub-bub after the game, I remember confusing the term no-hitter with double-header, back then I struggled with simple things, like understanding why a fielders choice wasn't a hit. I was such a novice that the no-hitter made no impact on me but the excitement afterward is what I remember. I also remember one of Don's sons pitching against me a few years later in the Westbury Little Leagues, by then I could recall every detail of the no-hitter. RIP Don.

I also played in the Westbury Little Leagues. The Nottebart kid was a little ahead of me, as I recall. Hornets, Rams, and Twins for me.
Title: Re: Don Nottebart RIP
Post by: juliogotay on October 08, 2007, 12:37:05 pm
I had forgotten that Willie Mays hit #500 off of Nottebart.
Title: Re: Don Nottebart RIP
Post by: Mr. Happy on October 08, 2007, 05:02:27 pm
Nottebart was as Astro. Nuff said.