Friday Stuff

Monday

Hall of Fame catcher Ray Schalk died on this date in 1970, which is ironic because this was also the date in 2008 when Jason Varitek tied Schalk by catching his fourth career no-hitter.

That’s a bit misleading, because one of Schalk’s no-hitters was disallowed by a rule change that was made in 1991. Before that change, a game was considered a no-…