This week’s Best Thing in Baseball - Ronel Blanco
Yahoo Sports national MLB insider Russell Dorsey details why the Houston Astros pitcher’s surprising no-hitter was the most amazing accomplishment in the opening week of the season.
Video Transcript
RUSS DORSEY: What's going on, guys Russ Dorsey, national MLB insider for Yahoo Sports here with you, and it's time for the best thing I saw this week. There was a lot of really cool things from around baseball during opening week, but the best thing I saw this week had to be Ronel Blanco tossing the 17th no-hitter in Houston Astros' history, as he no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays in a 10 - 0 victory on Monday.
Now, Ronel Blanco is an interesting character because he's not a guy that many people had heard of before his no-hitter on Monday. 30 years old, and he's a guy that has been a reliever the majority of his career. As a matter of fact, he's one of the best relievers in the history of the Dominican Winter League. Has a career 0.98 ERA for Las Estrellas. And so, Blanco's no-hitter, to me, was the best thing I saw this week, and I think that there are a lot of people out there that feel the same.
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