Yoshinobu Yamamoto allows lead-off HR vs. Marlins thanks to MLB Network jinx

Kyle Madson

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto allows lead-off HR vs. Marlins thanks to MLB Network jinx image

The existence of the 'no-hitter jinx' will be debated among baseball fans until the end of time. Legend has it that when a no-hitter is going on, speaking of it will lead to the end of the no-hitter. Some say it's real. Some say it's baloney. Score one for the believers after what happened Tuesday night on MLB Network. 

While tossing to the start of the Marlins-Dodgers game at Dodgers Stadium on Tuesday night, MLB Network's Greg Amsinger decided to call a 'no-hitter alert' for the game before Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto had finished his warm-up pitches. MLB Network threw the graphic up and everything. 

Yamamoto's 'no-hitter' didn't even last one pitch. Marlins centerfielder Jazz Chisholm launched the first pitch he saw into the right-center field stands for a solo home run that ended Yamamoto's 'no-hit' and shutout bids all at once.

Perhaps the jinx is real. Perhaps it isn't. Tuesday night for the Dodgers and Yamamoto it was very, very real.

Kyle Madson

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Kyle Madson neither likes writing about himself nor writing in the third person. Nevertheless, he persists. While Kyle has spent most of his writing career covering the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers, he’s never lost the love of baseball that has resided in the deepest recesses of his soul since he began playing T-ball at 4 years old (no matter how hard John Fisher has tried). Aside from writing, Kyle also hosts a radio show, the Insiders, with James Ham on ESPN 1320 in Sacramento. When he’s not being a sports dork, Kyle loves being a normal dork and traveling, visiting museums, diving further into K-Pop fandom (#SKZ) and hanging out with his wife and cats. Don’t follow him on Twitter or Instagram at @KyleAMadson.