One of baseball’s unwritten rules is that you don’t talk about a no-hitter in progress, whether you’re a fan at home or in the stands, or broadcasting the game. So, how did the emergence of Twitter affect the idea of the no-hitter jinx?
Miami Marlins pitcher Edinson Volquez no-hit the Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday, which got the wheels spinning at Twitter.
Data editor Elaine Filadelfo said in a blog post that Twitter decided to focus on the 2015 Major League Baseball season, which featured 34 no-hit bids—games during which pitchers went at least six innings without allowing a hit—and seven no-hitters.
She wrote:
Looking at volume level from the entire game time will include tweets that either celebrate a successful no-hitter or react to it getting broken up.
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