I first met Bo Belinsky by the pool of the old Desert Inn in Palm Springs, Calif. It was the spring of 1962. Belinsky was a 25-year-old southpaw the Los Angeles Angels had selected from the Baltimore ...

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The first major league no-hitter in Los Angeles was pitched on this date in 1962 when the Angels’ Bo Belinsky blanked the Baltimore Orioles 2-0 at Dodger Stadium. The 25-year-old rookie left-hander ...

HOUSTON — A late-night date with a Playboy playmate marked the end of one player’s time with the Houston Astros. He was a pitcher best known for playing the field. During the 1960s, Bo Belinsky was ...

Amid the hallowed pitching history of Dodger Stadium, from Koufax to Kershaw and all the home team studs in between, it is mostly forgotten that the first no-hitter there was thrown by a left-hander ...

Once every decade or so, one comes along like this, a movie star in sanitary socks and spikes–a ballplayer who Once every decade or so, one comes along like this, a movie star in sanitary socks and ...

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Bo Belinsky, a rookie left-hander who wouldn’t win the minors, pitched the first American League no-hitter who wouldn’t win the minors, pitched the first American League no-hitter in ...

Even in tolerant Los Angeles, Robert (“Bo”) Belinsky is regarded as a character with a capital K—for Kook. A peripatetic minor-leaguer with a blazing fastball, a reputation for wildness, and a record ...

Today is Cinco de Mayo, a day of celebration through the Southland. You may be wondering what Cinco de Mayo has to do with sports, but two very important events happened on this date that were key for ...