Every Sox fan knew the pitching rotation and what night Pedro would be pitching. Everyone tuned in to those games and at least watched until Pedro gave up a hit. He spun some unbelievable games and within those games he had amazing battles with individual hitters-sometimes leaving them looking baffled at the plate. He was truly a master. That he never had a perfect game or a no-no is both sad and almost unfair to him.

In 1995, when pitching for the Expos, he retired the first 27 batters in a game, but had zero run support through 9. In the top of the 10th, the Expos got a run and Pedro came out to start the 10th where he gave up a double to the lead off hitter. He was then pulled, Mel Rojas relieved him, got the 3 outs and the Expos won the game, but Pedro didn’t get credit for either a perfect game or a no-hitter. For lack of a nail....