Cy Young recorded the first perfect game of baseball’s
modern era on this day in 1904. A perfect game is defined as one in which no
opposing player reaches first base. This is different from a no-hitter, in
which no opposing player gets a hit but players can get on base via walks and
errors.
Young is often considered the greatest pitcher in baseball history. He holds Major League Baseball records for the most career wins with 511, along with most career innings pitched, games started, and complete games. He pitched three no-hitters, including his perfect game.
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. In 1956, one year after his death, the Cy Young Award was created to honor the best pitcher in each league each year.
Former NFL head coach Don Shula is another sports legend in today’s headlines. Like Cy Young, he won more games than anyone else in his sport. He also led the Miami Dolphins to the league’s only undefeated season. After his death yesterday at the age of ninety, accolades began pouring in.
Miami Heat president Pat Riley: “There was no better man or coach in the history of the profession than coach Don Shula.” Bill Belichick: “Don Shula was one of the all-time great coaching figures and the standard for consistency and leadership in the NFL.” Dolphins president Tom Garfinkel: “Coach Shula was the rare man who exemplified true greatness in every respect of his life.”
Knowing the God who knows each of us
I admit that I had not thought of either man for a long time
before the news I reported today. We tend to think most about people who are
most active in our lives—family, close friends, work colleagues. I never met Cy
Young, who died three years before I was born, or Coach Shula. Nor am I aware
of anyone I know who knew them.
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