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From No-No to ‘Oh, No’
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From No-No to ‘Oh, No’

Baseball magic in Baltimore.
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Yosihinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers watches the flight of a home run ball hit by Jackson Holliday of the Baltimore Orioles during the ninth inning of an interleague game at Oriole Park on September 6, 2025, in Baltimore. The Orioles beat the Dodgers, 4-3. (Photo by Diamond Images via Getty Images)
Yosihinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers watches the flight of a home run ball hit by Jackson Holliday of the Baltimore Orioles during the ninth inning of an interleague game at Oriole Park on September 6, 2025, in Baltimore. The Orioles beat the Dodgers, 4-3. (Photo by Diamond Images via Getty Images)

“Yamamoto has a perfect game thru 1 inning,” I texted my son. We have a running joke. Every time one of my favorite pitchers takes the mound, I immediately count the innings of perfect or no-hit baseball. It never lasts long, but I love to imagine that any moment might be the one when entertainment becomes history.

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Paul D. Miller

Paul D. Miller is a contributing writer for The Dispatch and professor of the practice of international affairs at Georgetown University. He previously served on the national security council staff under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. His most recent book is "Choosing Defeat: The Twenty-Year Saga of How America Lost Afghanistan."

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