great video! I was working during the game and remember coming home watching the replay of it. Knowing he was gonna throw a no-hitter made the whole game fun to watch =) glad to see others commentating who got to watch it live!
Weaver's no hitter against the Twinkies came one day shy of the one year anniversary of the Twinkies Francisco Liriano's no hitting the White Sox (May 3rd, 2011).
Albert Ceballos-That's nothing. Dallas Braden of the Oakland A's threw a perfect game against Tampa Bay on Mother's Day 2010 with his grandmother in the stands, as his mother had passed away.
A lot of it is luck, but Felix Hernandez and Matt Cain are way above average pitchers. A perfect game also heavily relies on defense and an umpires calls. Also, usually the offense of the opposing team isn't very good or is having an off night.
Jackson Cole-Phil Humber pitched a perfect game against the Seattle Mariners April 21st, 2012, shortly before Weaver's no hitter, and he was a below average pitcher.