It's the first no-hitter by a Cub since 1972. Burt Hooton and Milt Pappas both pitched No-No's in 1972. Pappas had a bid at a perfect game too, but Bruce Froemming had it out for him (!!) and called two pitches, that Pappas swears were strikes (of course they were), balls. He's the only pitcher to lose a perfect game on a walk to the 27th Batter. And he's also got this to go on about:
On September 11, 1982, Pappas’s wife, Carole, disappeared after leaving the couple’s home in the Farnham subdivision in the Chicago suburb of Wheaton. A group of four men known as the Ripper Crew were believed to have killed Mrs. Pappas in a satanic ritual. In 1984, Tom Kokoraleis, who was convicted for the murder of Lorraine Borowski led police to a field where Carole Pappas was allegedly buried, but searchers could find no remains. [1]
For five years, no sign was found of her car, clothing, or body. In 1987, almost five years to the day Mrs. Pappas disappeared, workers draining a shallow pond only four blocks from the Pappas home discovered the car Mrs. Pappas had been driving, a white and burgundy 1980 Buick, as well as her body. A DuPage County Coroner's jury ruled the cause of death as drowning. Police theorized Pappas mistook a driveway near the pond for a road leading to her subdivision, vaulting 25-30 feet from the bank into the pond. Pappas, a recovering alcoholic, may have been drinking, however blood alcohol content could not be confirmed.'
Not only would this make the best made-for-tv flick evar but look at the bold:
Police theorized Pappas mistook a driveway near the pond for a road leading to her subdivision, vaulting 25-30 feet from the bank into the pond.
What the hell? How do you mistake your driveway? This is the problem with living in bumblefuck. You make a wrong turn and you end up dead at the bottom of a lake swimming with the fishies.
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