Edwin Jackson's no-no in slow mow?

Yes, Edwin Jackson pitched a no-hitter last night against the Tampa Bay Rays, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks win 1-0. The fourth no-hitter of 2010, truly citing this as the season of the pitcher. However, this was not your average no-hitter, as Jackson walked eight men. The most interesting part? Jackson threw 149 pitches. Want something else? The Tampa Bay Rays are Jackson's old team. Think they regret trading him?

Yes, that's right. A no-hitter, based on eight walks and 149 pitches.

I scratched my head too.

The Tampa Bay Rays, carrying a 43-30 record for second place in the AL East behind the New York Yankees, were no-hit for the second time this year with Dallas Braden's perfect game and now Jackson's no-hitter. It's the third time in two seasons that the Rays have been no-hit going back to Mark Buehrle's perfect game last year.

Jackson, 26, walked eight in this game, including walking the bases loaded in the third inning with no one out. Like Mariano Rivera on Wednesday night, Jackson worked out of the jam, not surrendering a hit or run. Over 100 pitches later, Jackson placed himself in baseball immortality.

"It's one of those moments where you're just caught up in the moment. It's one of the craziest games I've had, especially the game starting off how it did. Not being able to find the strike zone with the fastball," Jackson said. "Good thing I could throw the slider for strikes in any count. It just resurrected my game."

"To be able to come back and give the crowd I used to play for something to see. Today is just a special day. Something I'll never forget," Jackson who add.

"He's a great athlete and a great kid. He's one of the very few who can do that," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said of Jackson.

"He threw 150 pitches and it's rare to see that many walks and not score a run," Maddon added. "Our guys are just pressing too hard."

Diamondbacks' manager A.J. Hinch was credited for allowing Jackson to finish what he started and go for history, despite the amount of pitches that Jackson had thrown.

"All's well that ends well. We stopped counting at about 115," Diamondbacks manager A.J. Hinch said. "You do want to make smart decisions. You do have a chance at history and you don't want to take it away from him."

There's speculation that Jackson could be on a pitch count for this next start, or perhaps even skip it. With a last place team like Arizona, they could afford to let Jackson throw those 149 pitches. However, you have to hope that Jackson will be okay and that his arm heals accordingly. You don't want the reason he has arm problems to be because he threw 149 pitches for a no-hitter, especially at such a young age and with a great career ahead.

Then there is the forgotten opposing starter in this game, RHP Jeff Niemann who only gave up 1 run, Adam LaRoche's home run in the second inning, despite pitching 7.1 innings. Niemann, 27, suffered just his second loss of the year last night, dropping him to 6-2 with a 2.72 ERA. Jackson improved to 5-6 with a 4.63 ERA on the season.

So congratulations to Edwin Jackson for his no-hitter. It just goes to show you, that you can walk as many as eight batters in a game and throw 149 pitches, but if not one of those pitches is a hit, anything is possible. A "working man's" no-hitter.