Bucky Almost Gets No-No!

Well, today Bucky was really on! Helping the Sox to their second consecutive win over the Rays, he went seven hitless innings, finally giving up a couple of hits in the 8th. He finished with eight shutout innings, including 11 K's, with Miller finishing up the shutout for the Sox five zip victory. The Sox picked up their first four runs in the 3d on Napoli's two run double, followed by Drew's FC grounder, coupled with an error by the Rays. From that point on, things stayed scoreless for both teams until the Hose added the final run in their half of the 8th. This came via a leadoff two-bagger by The Dustman that was followed by his moving to 3d on a Napoli grounder, capped off by a SacFly from Middlebrooks. Dusty also picked up his first swipe of the year. The win leaves the Sox alone in first in the Division.
Coming for a minute to the subject of Bucky's near no-no, I have to get on my soapbox. There was a time, for over a century, when the tradition was that if a pitcher was in progress on a no-hitter, it wasn't to be talked about. No exceptions. All that was regarded as permissible was when giving the line score, you could say such and such team had no runs, no hits and however many errors to that point. But under no circumstances did you say that the team not hitting was being no-hit or the pitcher tossing the gem had a no-hitter (or perfecto) underway. Just wasn't done! Somewhere along the way in the last several years, the folks at both ESPN and Fox Sports have taken it upon themselves to loudly and frequently broadcast the fact of an in progress no-hitter, and tradition be damned! I don't know why they have decided by themselves to end this long standing tradition, but I sure wish to hell they'd stop it immediately! Call me old fashioned, but baseball has much of its charm due to these many various traditions. There are other traditions that have been eaten away by the 'modern' game as well, brawls over a pitcher hitting or coming close to a batter as opposed to a just missed batter taking it out on the pitcher by driving the ball into the seats or such, for example, and I'll deal with those at some other time as they are just as ridiculous, but for now, I just want to express my displeasure over the traditional unmentionability of the no-hitter being disregarded. It should cease immediately!