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Reds Bailey celebrates no-no with calls and texts
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Homer Bailey didn’t have much time Tuesday night to celebrate his second career no-hitter. He had to get up early Wednesday to tend to his horses.Cincinnati’s Texas-born right-hander celebrated his no-no against the San Francisco Giants by calling his family while listening to music, he said. He also spent time answering more than 200 text messages from former teammates and current and former major-leaguers — including fellow Texan Roger Clemens — while squeezing in a visit to the two horses he stables locally.“I had to get up pretty early,” he said about his low-key celebration while speaking to the media at his cubicle in the Reds’ clubhouse before Wednesday night’s game against the Giants.Former teammates who reached out to Bailey included pitchers Aaron Harang and Kent Mercker and outfielder Laynce Nix, he said, adding that Clemens, a special instructor in Houston’s system, said he was going to show his young pitchers a video of Bailey’s performance.“He said, ‘Your mechanics and direction were good,’” Bailey said, quoting Clemens.