Many around the WPK wonder how Joe Barbour fell all the way to the 5th round in the 1977 draft but give credit to Portland for not letting him fall any further than that. The young man who has already emerged as the team captain at the tender age of 23 nearly threw a no-hitter back at the end of June, but had to settle for a 1-hit shutout of the San Francisco Velocity on that occasion. But yesterday he got his first career no-hitter, in just his 27th big league start. The durable young man with the nasty slider and deceiving changeup looks to have a bright future ahead of him. And no matter what happens he will always have the memory of being in rare company as one of the small club of people who can say that they have achieved a no-hitter as a pitcher at the highest levels of baseball.
Congrats to the hard working young Mr. Barbour!