It was May 3rd, 2011. I was at Regal. Working. As usual. I was following the baseball game on my phone, as I usually do. I remember Jason Kubel hit a homerun early in the game and the Twins not doing anything else for a while. Then all of a sudden I got a message alert from ESPN saying Liriano had a no-hitter through 7. I was like...what. I then figured he'd give up a hit sooner or later. By the time it came around the 8th with no hits I was feeling he might pull it off. At this point I managed to bail out of regal, on the clock, and head over to B-Dubs. I actually sat down at a table close to the T.V. showing the game and had a waitress come over and tried to take my order. I told her I was only there to see the end of the game. It was pretty boss. They weren't busy so I didn't feel guilty for taking a table for any period of time.
I got there for the whole bottom of the 9th inning. Mostly all I remember of it was Liriano giving up a walk and then Adam Dunn coming to the plate. I kept thinking in the back of my head he was going to hit a Homerun right in this spot. Not only would it break up the No-Hitter but it would also win the game for the White Sox. Oh how I despise the White Sox. I remember him hitting a line drive (not sure to who. either shortstop or third base) and thinking "oh man, here goes the No-Hitter. I wasted my time coming over here and jinxed it by being here". However, the ball was caught and he had done it! I was excited. I felt happy and proud to be a Twins fan and see something as awesome as that happen to one of the Teams I rooted for. It was one of the very few highlights from an abysmal, lost season.
Best part about it? It came against the White Sox. : )
I later got my Liriano Signed baseball in the mail a few days later. Epic.
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