On August 23rd, 2017, Los Angeles Dodgers’ lefty Rich Hill threw nine no-hit innings before allowing a solo home run to Pirates’ outfielder Josh Harrison in the 10th inning. Unfortunately, the lights-out performance by Hill will not count as a no-hitter in the MLB record book, joining the likes of Pedro Martinez and Armando Galarraga as pitchers who kinda-sorta had a magical night.

Rich Hill is a good pitcher, not a great one. His story, however, is a great one, and there is no denying that. In 2015, before his career really took off, Hill was pitching for the Long Island Ducks of the Independent Atlantic League. By baseball standards, this is about as far from the MLB as you can get, so the fact that Hill was able to claw himself to a three-year, $54 million contract in 2016 is remarkable.

While Rich Hill won’t have his name added to the 296 other MLB no-hitters, his performance reminded me of some other interesting no-hitters during my lifetime. Here, I’ll list the most notable, strange, and flat-out newsworthy no-no’s since the 2000 season.

Perfect games not included.

Edinson Vólquez (vs. ARI, June 3rd, 2017)

This was the last no-hitter thrown and the most sentimental on our list. Pitching on the birthday of his former teammate and friend Yordano Ventura, Volquez (as a member of the Marlins) struck out 10 batters and dominated the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Making things even more surreal, before the game, Volquez dedicated his performance to Ventura and his family.

Ventura, who was killed in a car accident in January of 2017, was a teammate of Volquez on the 2015 Kansas City Royals World Series team.

Catcher: J.T Realmuto