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Big-city life was too much for Barrios, an excitable, gregarious Mexican. Possessing a 90-mph fastball, Barrios joined Chicago in 1976 and combined with Blue Moon Odom to no-hit Oakland on July 28. They walked 11, but prevailed 2-1. Barrios had a flush of success in 1977 with a 14-7 mark. But, bad tempered, he engaged umpires in verbal tirades, and once slugged it out with teammate Steve Trout in a Cleveland hotel. In 1981 he was arrested on a narcotics charge, and a year later he died of a drug overdose. (RL)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » July 28, 1976: Blue Moon Odom and Francisco Barrios combine on a no-hitter as the White Sox top the A's 2–1. Odom walks nine in five innings and is lifted after throwing a ball in the 6th, and Barrios adds another two passes. For Odom (2-0), this is his last ML victory. » April 9, 1982: Former White Sox pitcher Francisco Barrios, 28, dies of heart attack in his native Mexico. Barrios was 14-7 for Chicago in 1977, but had recurring shoulder trouble, as well as drug and alcohol problems.