Minor league benches eliminated after Bunt No-Hitter defeat

Last night, the match between the Hartford Yard Goats and the Trenton Thunder asked two questions about the unwritten rules of baseball. Can it bother to try to break a non-hitter? And, is a handset without a batter really a non-hitter? The answers are yes and no, in any order.

Yard Goats, the Rockies' double-A affiliate, were close to closing the no-no with their fourth pitcher on the mound. It was still only a 3-0 match, so Matt Lipka, Yankees farm staff, needed to be on the base by all means necessary. Including a small push on the line of the first goal, the near Ben Bowden tried unsuccessfully to crush the training.

"That's what it is," said Rico Garcia, who had already started the match for Hartford and was six. "[Lipka] did what he had to do. And we were really passionate about having the non-hitter. That's what it is. I can not really talk about what he was trying to do or what he was trying to do. It's too bad we could not get the non-hitter. The emotions were strong after.

Bowden retired the next two batters, and in the final, he had a few words for Lipka. Many garden goats had words for him. Then some Thunder (s?) Had words for all Yard Goats.

Everyone ends up dispersing peacefully. Another successful night without a minor accident.