⚾️On September 2, 1972 after retiring 26 consecutive batters, Cubs starter Milt Pappas walks pinch-hitter Larry Stahl on a 3-2 pitch, losing a bid for a perfect game. “Gimpy” retires the next batter, Gary Jestadt, to preserve his 8-0 no-hitter against the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field. Home-plate umpire Bruce Froemming called the final 2 pitches against Stahl (both of which were very close) balls. Pappas believed he had struck out Stahl, and even decades later in 2008, he continued to begrud