 We had our second no-hitter thrown in back-to-back weeks. This time it was Carlos Rodan of the Chicago White Sox. Look at him, happy as ever. Carlos Rodan, third overall pick in 2014. Two major arm surgeries, shoulder, and then Tommy John, the White Sox, non-Tendardom, just said goodbye last winter. And then he re-signed with him anyway because he said he's been part of this rebuilding process. And this is the team he wants to win with and he's excited that they're good. He only pitched 42 innings since 2018 and he went into the ninth inning with a perfect game. Look at the strikeouts. He didn't have a single strikeout in the first three innings. After five innings, he only had two and then they started coming a little more at the end because his velocity ramped up. I like looking at the pitch mix. We got fastball slider, changeup, curveball, a lot of fastballs, good amount of sliders. Those ticked up in the last two innings a lot. Changeups and then only three curveballs the entire game. And I was like, when did those come? And they were all first pitch, get me over curveballs. Let me just get a one on this dude real quick, then show him something he hasn't seen before. This is the cool part. The miles per hour on the fastball ticked up the entire game, started in the low 90s, ended in the high 90s. He said because the White Sox had such a big lead, he didn't need to throw, and no one ever got on base, he didn't have to like tax his arm. So he could just get out, sit in low 90s, and then he ramped it up towards the end when the pressure was on. That's pretty badass. So let's go to the top of the ninth inning. Nailers up, he goes down 0-1, he goes down 0-2, and then a little like tapper, brace to first base, say a brailleur with the stretch. Every perfect game, no hitter has a crazy play. And that was this one, the stretch by a brailleur and Rodin just says, you all right? He's like, yeah, look at this, he just beat him. If Nailers right hand hits first, he's safe. If he doesn't slide, he's probably safe. A brailleur goes all out to make the play. At this time, it's a perfect game. That was to keep the perfect game intact. Umpire gets the call right, which is good news. They replay it anyway, and they say, no, we got it right, we're the best. Never doubt our replay. Next batter, Perez is up, 0-2 again, both fastballs. He goes third fastball, he's pumping 98. Then he's gonna drop a back foot slider, and oh no, hits him right in the toe. And look at him, he's just laughing it off, chuckling a little bit. It hit him, it got him, damn. And then he goes to Perez, like, hey, it gets you, man. He's like, yeah, he's like, come on. Perez will say, I'll show you in a second what Perez says will look just on the toe. Damn, perfect back foot slider. Here's what they had to say about it. To be honest, I really didn't think he had a perfect game until I got hit. I thought he had a no-hitter going on, but I really didn't think he had a perfect game. So it's hard, man, I'm not gonna try to stand there and tell you, you know, get hit, you know, especially after a night like tonight, that it was cold, you know. That's just part of the game. It was just one of those where, like, you think back foot, but obviously you don't want to put it on his back foot. He did the right thing, he stayed in there, he said, I'm gonna let it hit me, you're gonna get into a perfect game. And I would do the same thing if I was hit. You gotta earn it. I was just like, hey, that gets you? And he was like, hey, I got me. So I was just, that was the only exchange. It wasn't nothing like, nothing mean at all. Next batter, he goes back foot slider again and almost hits another guy, gives him happy feet. He starts dancing around a little bit. One and O, goes fastball up top, one and one, fastball up top again, one and two. Slider in the zone to punch him. And it looks like the batter thought that was gonna be another back foot slider because you see his right foot dance away like it was gonna drop down there and then it was in the zone. And he looks at him and says, come on, man. Trying to impress people here, making me look stupid. Next batter up to keep the no hitter intact. No one outside with the change up and then comes back 97, fastball, one, two, one strike away, luck blow, lays off that one. Good job by him, fouls off that one. I think this is, oh, okay, he takes that one again. Three and two is the count. Big foul ball down the left field left side on a slider. Now luck blow is trying to adjust his eyes. Oh my God, scary game on the line. Full count, does he walk him? Does he strike him out? It's put in play, third baseman's got it. Shortstop is celebrating early and the no hitter stays. Not a big old celebration, Moncada with the big hug. I mean, it was a cold night and Rodan's going no shirt, no undershirt, buttons open. Now he's getting water all over him. Think he cares? Not one bit. Your men Mercedes sprints out. Big boy moving, he had a big home run in this game, jumps up on the catcher. Just good times all around. I like some of the personal little celebrations. We're gonna see him in the catcher. First time that they ever worked together in a major league game and they combined for a no hitter. You hear them both talking about it right here. I've never caught a no hitter before. That was the most incredible thing that I've ever been a part of behind the plate. That was good, we were on the same page. I don't think I shook at all. I just, when we put down, I was throwing. Everything was working, no matter what I put down, he was putting it where I wanted to. He definitely didn't shake off from like the third or fourth on. It's pretty cool, pretty cool. That's how it goes the first time he worked together. Then we got a big old bear hug from fellow pitcher Lucas Geolito who has a podcast on the John Boy Media Network ad. And look at this, White Sox won eight years without a no hitter and now Lucas Geolito and now Lucas Geolito and Carlos Rodan have thrown them in back to back years and we were just at April 14th. White Sox now have 20 in franchise history. So a big old hug from two dudes who have thrown no hitters for the White Sox. Gotta love that. Geolito gives him a, I mean, just a nice hug, Lucas. A little head nod, little proud wrinkles around the eyes. And then he goes for his post-game interview and just the most cavalier and chill welcome to a post-game interview for a guy who just threw a no hitter. What's up, man? What's up, man? What's up, man? Congratulations! What just happened? Where's your mind right now, Carlos? On a toe ball. On a toe ball, toe hitter. That's what we're calling it, just the toe hitter. Hey, if I told you a couple of years ago when you've been dealing with all the injury stuff that you were gonna throw a no hitter, what would you have told me? Take a hike. Take a hike, pretty good response there. Every single thing that he said in his post-game interviews were awesome. This reporter asked what he's gonna do with the ball. Are you gonna give it to Cooper, Sam? Does that what people do? I guess history. I've never thrown a no hitter before. That's another question I should have asked Lucas. I'd say keep the ball. If it was me, I think I'd just keep it. Maybe give it to mom, maybe give it to dad. They also asked him, when did he start to realize that something special was happening? In that 3-1 count, he knew I was throwing a fastball. I knew I was throwing a fastball. You guys probably knew I was throwing a fastball and someone's dog and Kentucky knew, too, but... When that ball was caught and it came off the bat at like 170 miles an hour, that's kind of where I started feeling it. You need a bunch of breaks. Heart-hit ball right at someone, that's gonna get you there. Toe-hitter shirts are on sale at the store and here's the parting words from Carlos Rodan. It just feels good to finally sit here until you dominated today and it felt good.