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A documentary about the LSD-fueled no-hitter was released in 2014 entitled No No: A Dockumentary. It's available to stream on Amazon Prime.

The attacker, Günter Parche, hoped that by injuring Seles he could enable Steffi Graf to once again become the top-ranked women's player in the world. Graf had been the top-ranked player for 168 weeks in a row before Seles took the spot from her. Parche was determined to be psychologically abnormal at his trial, and — instead of jail time — was only sentenced to two years' probation and psychological treatment.

While Seles had successes after returning to the court, including winning the French Open in 1998, she was unable to regain her prior greatness. Many believe that, if not for the stabbing, she would be in the conversation of greatest women's tennis player of all-time along with Serena Williams.

Gaedel was immediately removed for a pinch runner and received a standing ovation from the crowd. What he didn't receive was a lot of money — he was paid just $100 for his one-day appearance in professional baseball.

Tragically, Gaedel was only 36 years old when he was beaten to death by men who followed him home from his job at a bowling alley. The only representative from major league baseball to show up at his funeral was Bob Cain, the Tigers' pitcher who pitched to him. 

Sprewell was told to leave (you know, as one is after violent assault). So he went to the locker room, showered, and got dressed. But instead of walking to his car, he turned around and went after Carlesimo a second time, landing a glancing punch before being physically hauled off for good. He also reportedly threatened to kill him.

Carlesimo, for his part, seemed almost baffled by the whole thing. "To this day, I don't know what precipitated it," he said years later. "Something set him off, and that's the way he reacted, and the rest is history."

Sprewell later said: "It was all about the respect factor. It was all about P.J. disrespecting me as a man. To have my pride and my respect and my manhood means more than any dollar amount."

In recent years, Stone has been included in exhibits at the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, and inducted into multiple women's sports hall of fames.

Sadly, the game wasn't televised so no footage exists of it. And, because the game was played in a different arena than usual, the mainstream press outlets weren't there, either! It wasn't until the 1980s when the best documentation of this momentous occasion was unearthed — a recording of the radio broadcast's fourth quarter a fan had taped using a reel-to-reel recorder.

Perhaps because of all the personal drama and media attention, both pitchers struggled mightily in 1973. The Yankees, likely tired of this weird-ass situation, traded Mike to Cleveland. They traded Fritz to Cleveland the following year too, but Mike was no longer there — he was pitching in Japan with his career on its last legs. Fritz's career ended soon, too, after the 1976 season. Fritz and Susan remained married until Fritz's death in 2023. Mike later moved to New Mexico and married again.

It took Head three long years before he could throw the ball right handed with any velocity, but he eventually became good enough to earn a spot in the low minor leagues. That would've been a story in and of itself, but Head continued to excel, and earned a promotion to the Dodgers in 1940. 

Against all odds, Head became a key member of the Dodgers' pitching staff, and in storybook fashion, even used his right arm to throw a no-hitter in 1946, blanking the Braves 5–0. How 'bout that!