I WISH MY 1000TH POST WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE EXCITING THAN THIS

LAST NO HITTERS - ACTIVE TEAMS
combined no hitters not counted
09/29/13 Miami Marlins (Henderson Alvarez - walk-off)
07/12/13 San Francisco Giants (Tim Lincecum)
07/02/13 Cincinnati Reds (Homer Bailey - his second)
08/15/12 Seattle Mariners (Felix Hernandez - perfect game)
06/01/12 New York Mets (Johan Santana - team's first)
05/02/12 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Jered Weaver)
04/21/12 Chicago White Sox (Philip Humber - perfect game)
05/07/11 Detroit Tigers (Justin Verlander)
05/03/11 Minnesota Twins (Francisco Liriano)
10/06/10 Philadelphia Phillies (Roy Halladay - postseason game)
07/26/10 Tampa Bay Rays (Matt Garza - team's first)
06/25/10 Arizona Diamondbacks (Edwin Jackson)
05/09/10 Oakland A's (Dallas Braden - perfect game)
04/17/10 Colorado Rockies (Ubaldo Jiminez, team's first)
09/14/08 Chicago Cubs (Carlos Zambrano)
05/19/08 Boston Red Sox (Jon Lester)
05/18/04 Arizona Diamondbacks (Randy Johnson - perfect game)
09/03/01 St. Louis Cardinals (Bud Smith)
07/18/99 New York Yankees (David Cone - perfect game)
09/17/96 Los Angeles Dodgers (Hideo Nomo)
07/28/94 Texas Rangers (Kenny Rogers - perfect game)
04/08/94 Atlanta Braves (Kent Mercker)
09/08/93 Houston Astros (Darryl Kile - vs. METS)
08/26/91 Kansas City Royals (Bret Saberhagen)
07/26/91 Montreal Expos (Dennis Martinez - perfect game - now Washington Nationals)
09/02/90 Toronto Blue Jays (Dave Stieb)
04/15/87 Milwaukee Brewers (Juan Nieves)
05/15/81 Cleveland Indians (Len Barker)
08/09/76 Pittsburgh Pirates (John Candelaria)
08/13/69 Baltimore Orioles (Jim Palmer)
NEVER San Diego Padres (team's inception, 1969)

IT MUST BE A NO-HITTER, BECAUSE THE PITCHER JUST SAID "D'OH!"

LAST NO HITTERS - ACTIVE TEAMS
combined no hitters not counted
07/12/12 San Francisco Giants (Tim Lincecum)
07/02/13 Cincinnati Reds (Homer Bailey - his second)
08/15/12 Seattle Mariners (Felix Hernandez - perfect game)
06/01/12 New York Mets (Johan Santana - team's first)
05/02/12 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Jered Weaver)
04/21/12 Chicago White Sox (Philip Humber - perfect game)
05/07/11 Detroit Tigers (Justin Verlander)
05/03/11 Minnesota Twins (Francisco Liriano)
10/06/10 Philadelphia Phillies (Roy Halladay - postseason game)
07/26/10 Tampa Bay Rays (Matt Garza - team's first)
06/25/10 Arizona Diamondbacks (Edwin Jackson)
05/09/10 Oakland A's (Dallas Braden - perfect game)
04/17/10 Colorado Rockies (Ubaldo Jiminez, team's first)
09/14/08 Chicago Cubs (Carlos Zambrano)
05/19/08 Boston Red Sox (Jon Lester)
09/06/06 Miami Marlins (Anibal Sanchez)
05/18/04 Arizona Diamondbacks (Randy Johnson - perfect game)
09/03/01 St. Louis Cardinals (Bud Smith)
07/18/99 New York Yankees (David Cone - perfect game)
09/17/96 Los Angeles Dodgers (Hideo Nomo)
07/28/94 Texas Rangers (Kenny Rogers - perfect game)
04/08/94 Atlanta Braves (Kent Mercker)
09/08/93 Houston Astros (Darryl Kile - vs. METS)
08/26/91 Kansas City Royals (Bret Saberhagen)
07/26/91 Montreal Expos (Dennis Martinez - perfect game - now Washington Nationals)
09/02/90 Toronto Blue Jays (Dave Stieb)
04/15/87 Milwaukee Brewers (Juan Nieves)
05/15/81 Cleveland Indians (Len Barker)
08/09/76 Pittsburgh Pirates (John Candelaria)
08/13/69 Baltimore Orioles (Jim Palmer)
NEVER San Diego Padres (team's inception, 1969)

NOTICE TO READERS AND FRIENDS

I have decided to cancel the Super Bowl Ad Review.

We had been doing this for the past six or seven years, I don't exactly know how long and I'm not that willing to go back through my posts to find out. But frankly, it's run its course and I am unwilling to put in the effort to rate these spots ultimately to fail many of them for violating the DO NOT ATTEMPT test.

Given that the first place many see the spots is through social media (YouTube, Twitter, etc.) and many spots are broken just weeks before the game, there just isn't the element of surprise in the creative any more.

Which begs the question: is a Super Bowl spot really worth up to $4 million any more, with all the relatively inexpensive buzz that can be created by social media? The spot is no longer an entity in and of itself, just a small piece of a much larger marketing puzzle. One of the first Super Bowl advertisers to exploit this was GoDaddy, who continued their ads with "unrated bonus content" available on their website. Too bad it almost always turned out to be LAME "unrated bonus content".