That seemed to be the case Wednesday night when Yankees left-hander Randy Johnson took a no-no into the seventh inning against the Chicago White Sox. The Big Unit was rolling along, retiring the White Sox on seven pitches in the fifth and needing only six more in the sixth. He opened the seventh with a pair of sliders to go up 0-2 on Chicago second baseman Tadahito Iguchi, who then stepped out of the box and asked for time from plate umpire Brian Gorman. Johnson had started his delivery, but Iguchi got the call from Gorman and time was called. On the next pitch, Iguchi lined a clean single into left field and the no-hitter was history. Johnson wrote off the hit as a poorly located fastball, but Chicago Tribune columnist Phil Rogers suggested the non-pitch might have broken up the "locked in" Big Unit's rhythm. It certainly seemed that way, as Johnson didn't retire another batter. He walked Jim Thome on four pitches before giving up back-to-back doubles to Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye. The future Hall of Famer then left with a 7-2 lead. "Had plate umpire Brian Gorman not granted Tadahito Iguchi's request for time with Johnson starting his delivery, the guy might have stayed in his trance all the way until he had finished his third career no-hitter," Rogers wrote in Thursday's Tribune. "Let's do the math. In his first 74 pitches, he hadn't allow a hit. Then in a span of 12, he allowed three hits and a walk." Would Johnson have completed the first no-hitter of the 2006 season? That's a tough call. After all, he needed nine more outs. He was only two-thirds of the way there, but it's hard to deny how lights-out Johnson had been before Iguchi stepped out. For what it's worth, Johnson didn't react to Gorman's time call.